CVE-2013-0262

medium
Published 2013-02-07 · Modified 2024-11-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

Description

rack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows attackers to access arbitrary files outside the intended root directory via a crafted PATH_INFO environment variable, probably a directory traversal vulnerability that is remotely exploitable, aka "symlink path traversals."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0262

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/52033

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debiansidfixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.1-2.1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsrack<~> 1.4.5~> 1.4.5
ruby RubyGemsrack>=1.5.0,<1.5.21.5.2
ruby RubyGemsrack>=1.4.0,<1.4.51.4.5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rack_projectrack1.4.0
rack_projectrack1.4.1
rack_projectrack1.4.2
rack_projectrack1.4.3
rack_projectrack1.4.4
rack_projectrack1.5.0
rack_projectrack1.5.1

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.