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CVE-2007-5379 Details

Description

Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315	CVE
http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453	CVE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/40717	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27657	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml	CVE
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096	CVE	Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	CVE
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315	[email protected]
http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453	[email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/40717	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27657	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml	[email protected]
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
david hansson ruby on rails	<= 1.2.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:david_hansson:ruby_on_rails:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 22, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]