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CVE-2016-0752
Published: Feb 16, 2016
Modified: Oct 21, 2025
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
40561
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
openSUSE-SU-2016:0372
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2016:0363
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0752] Possible Information Leak Vulnerability in Action View
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
FEDORA-2016-97002ad37b
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
SUSE-SU-2016:1146
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
81801
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1034816
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
FEDORA-2016-fa0dec2360
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
[ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0752] Possible Information Leak Vulnerability in Action View
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
DSA-3464
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
RHSA-2016:0296
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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