actionpack vulnerable to Path Traversal (GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:36Z
Aliases: CVE-2014-7818
Severity: MODERATE · CWE: CWE-22

Directory traversal vulnerability in `actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb` in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when `serve_static_assets` is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a `/..%2F` sequence.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: actionpack
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 3.0.0
fixed: 3.2.20
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: actionpack
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 4.0.0
fixed: 4.0.11
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: actionpack
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 4.1.0
fixed: 4.1.7
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: actionpack
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 4.2.0.beta1
fixed: 4.2.0.beta3