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CVE-2012-2139 (mail): CVE-2012-2139 rubygem-mail: directory traversal

CVE-2012-2139 rubygem-mail: directory traversal

Published: March 14, 2012

SECURITY IDENTIFIERS

GEM

mail

SEVERITY

CVSS v2.0: 5.0 (Medium)

PATCHED VERSIONS

>= 2.4.4

DESCRIPTION

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.