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CVE-2016-2097 Details

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html CVE
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ddY6HgqB2z4/we0RasMZIAAJ CVE
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/ CVEPatchVendor Advisory

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rubyonrails rails
4.0.0 -
4.0.0 beta
4.0.0 rc1
4.0.0 rc2
4.0.1 -

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.10:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
rubyonrails ruby on rails
<= 3.2.22.1
4.1.14.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:4.1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2097
NVD Published Date:
Apr 7, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2097 Details - Not Deferred