CVE-2016-0752

Known Exploited Public Exploit

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 92.77% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/ third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13 exploit mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html vendor advisory permissions required
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html vendor advisory permissions required
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ broken link mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-0752?
CVE-2016-0752 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-0752?
To fix CVE-2016-0752, 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-2016-0752 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2016-0752 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~93% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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