CVE-2013-0262

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0262
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-08 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionrack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows attackers to access arbitrary files outside the intended root directory via a crafted PATH_INFO environment variable, probably a directory traversal vulnerability that is remotely exploitable, aka "symlink path traversals."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.5.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Redirecting to Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:0462-1: moderate: RubyOnRails: security version update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA52033 - Rack Insecure File Access Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rack/file.rb at master · rack/rack · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Redirecting to Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
Prevent symlink path traversals · rack/rack@6f237e4 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
CVE-2013-0262 harness.rb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com
Rack: a Ruby Webserver Interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rack.github.com
909071 – (CVE-2013-0263) CVE-2013-0263 rubygem-rack: Timing attack in cookie sessions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
909072 – (CVE-2013-0262) CVE-2013-0262 rubygem-rack: Path sanitization information disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Google Groups MITRE groups.google.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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