CVE-2012-2139: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

July 18, 2012 (updated October 7, 2013)

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the to parameter.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2139

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