CVE-2007-6612

Public Exploit

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in DirHandler (lib/mongrel/handlers.rb) in Mongrel 1.0.4 and 1.1.x before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an HTTP request containing double-encoded sequences (".%252e").

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.41% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004736.html mailing list exploit
http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/news.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27133 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28323 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/39866 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004742.html mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 vdb entry
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004743.html mailing list
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2007-December/004733.html mailing list exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6612?
CVE-2007-6612 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6612?
To fix CVE-2007-6612, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6612 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6612 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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