Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.21, 4.0.x before 4.0.12, 4.1.x before 4.1.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta4, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via vectors involving a \ (backslash) character, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7818.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-7829 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ror40-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
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