CVE-2007-5379
Published: 19 October 2007
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.
Priority
Low
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
rails Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
| edgy |
Needed
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| feisty |
Needed
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| gutsy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hardy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| intrepid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jaunty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| karmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(1.2.4)
|