CVE-2012-2139 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-2139

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem before...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mail gem
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.4.1

Timeline

Official Publish: July 18th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.