Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in server.rb in Sprockets before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.3.x before 2.3.3, 2.4.x before 2.4.6, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, 2.6.x and 2.7.x before 2.7.1, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.3, 2.12.x before 2.12.3, and 3.x before 3.0.0.beta.3, as distributed with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x, allow remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a ../ (dot dot slash) sequence with (1) double slashes or (2) URL encoding.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00105.html | vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00111.html | vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/doAVp0YaTqY/aHFngBqNBoAJ | third party advisory mailing list |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00103.html | vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00110.html | vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/wQBeGXqGs3E/JqUMB6fhh3gJ | third party advisory mailing list |