CVE-2007-5379

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.fromxml Hashfromxml method, which uses XmlSimple XML::Simple unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords fro...

CVE-2007-5379

CVE-2007-5379 affects Ruby on Rails installations using Rails prior to 1.2.4. The vulnerability stems from Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) using XmlSimple unsafely, enabling remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files (e.g., passwords from Pidgin .pur...