Check Point Advisories

Ruby On Rails Directory Traversal (CVE-2016-0752)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-1173
Date Published: 19 Apr 2022
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 19 April, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-0752
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1
Ruby on Rails 4.0.x
Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1
Ruby on Rails 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1
Ruby on Rails 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in Ruby on Rails. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access arbitrary files on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Ruby On Rails Directory Traversal (CVE-2016-0752) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Ruby On Rails Directory Traversal (CVE-2016-0752)

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