CVE-2007-5379
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.2.5-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.2.5-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.2.5-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.2.5-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.2.5-1 |
References
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5379
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails/CVE-2007-5379.yml
- https://rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090602000500/http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5379
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.