CVE-2012-2139
EPSS 3.5%Mail Gem Path Traversal vulnerability
Published: 10/24/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/ruby-mailfrom 0, < 2.4.4-1
- RubyGems/mailfrom 0, < 2.4.4
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2139
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2139
- PATCHhttps://github.com/mikel/mail
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352
- WEBhttps://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/29aca25218e4c82991400eb9b0c933626aefc98f
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1