CVE-2008-1145

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1145
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-04 23:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All
Application Ruby-lang Webrick - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
About the security content of Security Update 2008-004 and Mac OS X 10.5.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:141 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for ruby - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: ruby-1.8.6.114-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Ruby 1.8.6 (Webrick Httpd 1.3.1) Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
APPLE-SA-2008-06-30 Security Update 2008-004 and Mac OS X v10.5.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Broken Link, Mailing List
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
File access vulnerability of WEBrick af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:142 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Miva Merchant: MivaScript Compiler Overview af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
Ruby WEBrick Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
US-CERT Vulnerability Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: ruby-1.8.6.114-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ruby Directory Traversal Flaw in WEBrick Library Lets Remote Users View Files on the Target System. - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rPath update for ruby - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Ruby WEBrick Remote Directory Traversal and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-12-04Mark J CoxThis issue was addressed in affected versions of Ruby as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html
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