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CVE-2014-7829

N/A

Published: November 18, 2014 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM UTC

3 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSERailsRubyonrails

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

openSUSE · openSUSE

95%

Rails · Rubyonrails

95%

3.0.0 3.0.0 beta 3.0.0 beta2 3.0.0 beta3 3.0.0 beta4 3.0.0 rc 3.0.0 rc2 3.0.1 3.0.1 pre 3.0.10 3.0.10 rc1 3.0.11 3.0.12 3.0.12 rc1 3.0.13 3.0.13 rc1 3.0.14 3.0.16 3.0.17 3.0.18 3.0.19 3.0.2 3.0.2 pre 3.0.20 3.0.3 3.0.4 rc1 3.0.5 3.0.5 rc1 3.0.6 3.0.6 rc1 3.0.6 rc2 3.0.7 3.0.7 rc1 3.0.7 rc2 3.0.8 3.0.8 rc1 3.0.8 rc2 3.0.8 rc3 3.0.8 rc4 3.0.9 3.0.9 rc1 3.0.9 rc2 3.0.9 rc3 3.0.9 rc4 3.0.9 rc5 3.1.0 3.1.0 beta1 3.1.0 rc1 3.1.0 rc2 3.1.0 rc3 3.1.0 rc4 3.1.0 rc5 3.1.0 rc6 3.1.0 rc7 3.1.0 rc8 3.1.1 3.1.1 rc1 3.1.1 rc2 3.1.1 rc3 3.1.10 3.1.2 3.1.2 rc1 3.1.2 rc2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.4 rc1 3.1.5 3.1.5 rc1 3.1.6 3.1.7 3.1.8 3.1.9 3.2.0 3.2.0 rc1 3.2.0 rc2 3.2.1 3.2.10 3.2.11 3.2.12 3.2.13 rc1 3.2.13 rc2 3.2.15 rc3 3.2.16 3.2.17 3.2.18 3.2.2 3.2.2 rc1 3.2.3 3.2.3 rc1 3.2.3 rc2 3.2.4 3.2.4 rc1 3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7 3.2.8 4.0.0 4.0.0 beta 4.0.0 rc1 4.0.0 rc2 4.0.1 4.0.1 rc1 4.0.1 rc2 4.0.1 rc3 4.0.1 rc4 4.0.10 4.0.10 rc1 4.0.2 4.0.3 4.0.4 4.0.5 4.0.6 4.0.6 rc1 4.0.6 rc2 4.0.6 rc3 4.0.7 4.0.8 4.0.9 4.1.0 4.1.0 beta1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.2 rc1 4.1.2 rc2 4.1.2 rc3 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5 4.1.6 4.1.6 rc1 4.1.7 4.2.0 beta1 4.2.0 beta2 4.2.0 beta3

Rubyonrails · Rubyonrails

95%

3.0.4 3.2.19 3.2.20 4.0.11

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit

Source: [email protected]

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJ

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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