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High 1 exploited CVE DSA-3464-1 8 CVEs

rails - security update

Published Jan 31, 2016 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 8 rails 2:4.1.8-1+deb8u1

Vulnerabilities 8

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2016-0752 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 96%

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted …

    KEV Mar 25, 2022
  • High 7.5

    actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service because of a wildcard controller route

    actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.2.5.1 and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (superfluous caching and memory consumption) by leveraging an application'…

  • High 7.5

    actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header

    actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly restrict use of the MIME type cache, which allows remote at…

  • Medium 5.3

    Active Record Improper Access Control

    activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, wh…

  • Medium 5.3

    activemodel contains Improper Input Validation

    Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.

  • Low 3.7

    actionpack is vulnerable to remote bypass authentication

    The http_basic_authenticate_with method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in the Basic Authentication implementation in Action Controller in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, a…

  • Medium —

    activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in json/encoding.rb in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted Hash that is mishandled during JSON…

  • Medium —

    activesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth

    The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a large XML document depth.