CVE-2014-7829
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack
EPSS 0.27%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-7829
To remediate CVE-2014-7829, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/rails—upgrade to 2:4.1.8-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.8 or later
Is CVE-2014-7829 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2:4.1.8-1
- >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.8