CVE-2007-5379

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:david_hansson:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:37

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315 - () http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315 -
References () http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453 - () http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453 -
References () http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 - () http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 -
References () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html - () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html -
References () http://osvdb.org/40717 - () http://osvdb.org/40717 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/27657 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/27657 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 -
References () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml - () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml -
References () http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release - () http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096 - Patch () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096 - Patch
References () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html - US Government Resource () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html - US Government Resource
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508 -
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 - () 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