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Fencer Intel
medium 5.3

CVE-2016-2097 json

actionview contains Path Traversal vulnerability

published 2016-04-07 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vx9j-46rh-fqr8 , EUVD-2017-0314

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems actionview 3.2.22.2, 4.1.14.2
  • rubygems actionpack 3.2.22.2, 4.1.14.2
  • rails Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.2.5.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2097

  • ruby193-rubygem-actionpack RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-16.el6
  • ruby193-rubygem-actionpack RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-16.el7
  • ruby193-rubygem-activerecord RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-11.el6
  • ruby193-rubygem-activerecord RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-11.el7
  • ruby193-rubygem-activesupport RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-6.el6
  • ruby193-rubygem-activesupport RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-6.el7
  • ror40-rubygem-actionpack RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:4.0.2-7.el6
  • ror40-rubygem-actionpack RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:4.0.2-7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0455RHSA-2016:0454RHSA-2016:0456

  • rubygem-actionpack-3_2 WebYast 1.3 3.2.12-0.27.3.1
  • rubygem-actionpack-3_2 WebYast 1.3, Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 +1 more 3.2.12-0.26.1
  • rubygem-actionview-4_1 OpenStack Cloud 5 4.1.9-12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:15116-1SUSE-SU-2016:0967-1SUSE-SU-2016:0854-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-2097 updated cvss 6.8

rubygem-actionpack: directory traversal in Action View, incomplete CVE-2016-0752 fix

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager rubygem-actionpack, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el6, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el6, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el6, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el6, +2 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el7, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el7, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el7, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el7, +2 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el6, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el6, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el6, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el6, +2 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el6, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el6, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el6, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el6, +2 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el7, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el7, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el7, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el7, +2 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el7, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el7, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el7, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el7, +2 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el6, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el6, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el6, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el6, +2 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) ror40-rubygem-actionpack 4.0.2-7.el7, ror40-rubygem-activerecord 4.0.2-6.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack 4.1.5-4.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview 4.1.5-5.el7, ror40-rubygem-activesupport 4.0.2-4.el7, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-16.el7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0456

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems actionview
>=3.0.0, <3.2.22.2
>=4.0.0, <4.1.14.2
3.2.22.2
4.1.14.2
rubygems actionpack
>=3.0.0, <3.2.22.2
>=4.0.0, <4.1.14.2
3.2.22.2
4.1.14.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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References

Sources

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