Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.
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Configurations
History
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References | () http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315 - | |
References | () http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453 - | |
References | () http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 - | |
References | () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html - | |
References | () http://osvdb.org/40717 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/27657 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 - | |
References | () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml - | |
References | () http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096 - Patch | |
References | () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html - US Government Resource | |
References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508 - | |
References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 - |
Information
Published : 2007-10-19 23:17
Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30
NVD link : CVE-2007-5379
Mitre link : CVE-2007-5379
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-5379
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Products Affected
david_hansson
- ruby_on_rails
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor