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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Published : 2007-10-19 23:17
Updated : 2024-02-04 17:13
NVD link : CVE-2007-5379
Mitre link : CVE-2007-5379
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-5379
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Products Affected
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- ruby_on_rails
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor