CVE detail
CVE-2014-7829
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
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- Rails security scanner Brakeman 3.0.0 releasedHelp Net Security
Brakeman is an open source vulnerability scanner specifically designed for Ruby on Rails applications. It statically analyzes Rails application code to find security issues at any stage of development. The 3.0.0 release introduces some backwards-incompatible changes. Very likely this release will cause many changes in reports, including fingerprints on existing warnings. Changes since 2.6.3: –exit-on-warn –compare only returns error code on new warnings Sort warnings by fingerprint in JSON report CVEs report correct line and … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJan 6, 2015, 5:30 AM
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