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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1419-1] ruby-sprockets security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

It was discovered that there was a discovered a path traversal flaw in ruby-sprockets, a Rack-based asset packaging system. A remote attacker could take advantage of this flaw to read arbitrary files outside an application's root directory via 'file://' requests.

Affected Software

Affected Software

ruby-sprockets on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in ruby-sprockets version 2.12.3-1+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-sprockets packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)