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CVE-2016-2097

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-06	rails -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2016-2097 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-2097
Phase	Assigned(20160129)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[ruby-security-ann] 20160229 [CVE-2016-0752] Possible Information Leak Vulnerability in Action View
CONFIRM	http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/
DEBIAN	DSA-3509
SECTRACK	1035122