Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29232Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29357Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29536Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371Not Applicable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0787Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/referencesPermissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29232Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29357Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29536Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371Not Applicable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0787Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/referencesPermissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.htmlThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 4, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

CVE-2008-1145