CVE-2016-2097

5.3 MEDIUM
Published: April 07, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83726
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ddY6HgqB2z4/we0RasMZIAAJ
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83726
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ddY6HgqB2z4/we0RasMZIAAJ
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

rubyonrails

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