PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2007-5379Design/Logic Flaw
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.2%
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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby_on_rails | le | 1.2.3 |
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315
dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
osvdb.org/40717
secunia.com/advisories/27657
secunia.com/advisories/28136
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml
weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
Related
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.2%