CVE-2016-2097

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2097
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-07 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-08 15:43:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 - All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 beta All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 - All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.10 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.4 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 - All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.12 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.13 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.14 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.14 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.6 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.6 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.7.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.9 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 - All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 beta All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 - All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.1 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.10 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.4 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.6 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.0.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 - All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.10 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.12 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.13 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.14 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.14 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.2 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.6 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.6 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.7.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 4.1.9 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails 4.1.14.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails 4.1.14.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0835-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[ruby-security-ann] 20160229 [CVE-2016-0752] Possible Information Leak Vulnerability in Action View MLIST groups.google.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0967-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Rails 4.2.5.2, 4.1.14.2 and 3.2.22.2 have been released! - Riding Rails CONFIRM weblog.rubyonrails.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Rails Bugs Let Remote Users View Files and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Ruby on Rails Action View CVE-2016-2097 Incomplete Fix Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0854-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3509-1 rails DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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