GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-xmgj-5fh3-xjmm Path traversal when MessageBus::Diagnostics is enabled

MEDIUM Published 2021-12-17 Modified 2021-12-17 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-43840
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
message_bus
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2021-12-17

Affected packages

• RubyGems message_bus: < 3.3.7 → fixed in 3.3.7

Description

Impact Users who deployed message bus with diagnostics features enabled (default off) were vulnerable to a path traversal bug, which could lead to disclosure of secret information on a machine if an unintended user were to gain access to the diagnostic route. The impact is also greater if there is no proxy for your web application as the number of steps up the directories is not bounded. For deployments which uses a proxy, the impact varies. For example, If a request goes through a proxy like Nginx with `merge_slashes` enabled, the number of steps up the directories that can be read is limited to 3 levels. Patches Patched in 3.3.7. Workarounds Disable MessageBus::Diagnostics in production like environments.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-43840 message_bus is a messaging bus for Ruby processes and web clients. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References