CVE-2013-0262

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0262
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-08 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:40:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-22

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
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

References

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