# 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 fi

- Also known as: GHSA-FJFG-Q662-GM6J
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.4
- Published: 2007-10-19 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- rails (RubyGems): fixed in 1.2.4

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ruby on Rails, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml
- http://osvdb.org/40717
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27657
- http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453

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