Path Traversal in Rubygems Mail Gem
CVE-2012-2139
Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem before 2.4.4 for Ruby allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the to parameter.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubygems Mail Gem — versions 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8 (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/48970 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- github.com/mikel/mail/commit/29aca25218e4c82991400eb9b0c933626aefc98f (Exploit, Patch)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1 (mailing-list)