A directory traversal flaw was found in the way the Action View component searched for templates for rendering. If an application passed untrusted input to the 'render' method, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to render unexpected files and, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
Find out more about CVE-2016-0752 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RHSA-2016:0296 | 2016-02-24 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ruby193-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0455 | 2016-03-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ror40-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0454 | 2016-03-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RHSA-2016:0296 | 2016-02-24 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ror40-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0454 | 2016-03-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ruby193-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0455 | 2016-03-15 |
| 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 |
Avoid passing untrusted input to render method, or verify the input using whitelist before passing it to the render method:
def index
render verify_template(params[:id])
end
private
def verify_template(name)
# add verification logic particular to your application here
end
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