| Name | CVE-2014-7829 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 770934 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| rails (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rails | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| rails | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| rails | source | (unstable) | 2:4.1.8-1 | 770934 | ||
| rails-3.2 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| ruby-actionpack-2.3 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| ruby-actionpack-3.2 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
[wheezy] - rails <not-affected> (src:rails in wheezy is just a transition package)
[squeeze] - rails <not-affected> (Only affects >= 3)
[wheezy] - ruby-actionpack-3.2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
- ruby-actionpack-2.3 <not-affected> (Only affects >= 3)