CVE-2008-1145

Public Exploit

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 76.72% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory ruby-lang.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29357 not applicable third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references vdb entry permissions required
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215 exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29232 not applicable third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/ exploit patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0787 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 third party advisory not applicable
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29536 third party advisory not applicable
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1145?
CVE-2008-1145 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1145?
To fix CVE-2008-1145, 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-2008-1145 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1145 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~77% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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