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From: naruse@airemix.jp
To: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org
Subject: [ruby-core:92583] [Ruby trunk Bug#15835] Path traversal symlink - WEBrick
Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 12:30:31 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <redmine.journal-77945.20190507123029.42a4ae45b4eb800b@ruby-lang.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: redmine.issue-15835.20190507093317@ruby-lang.org

Issue #15835 has been updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE).

Status changed from Open to Feedback

On Apache with `FollowSymLinks` enabled, it can traverse out of DocumentRoot.
hxxps://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/en/urlmapping.html
Therefore it's not a problem.

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Bug #15835: Path traversal symlink - WEBrick
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15835#change-77945

* Author: Dhiraj (Dhiraj Mishra)
* Status: Feedback
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 2.6.3
* Backport: 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN
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**Summary:**
A path traversal issue was observed in WEBrick ( WEBrick/1.4.2 (Ruby/2.6.3/2019-04-16)) via symlink. WEBrick serves static page for the current directory once enabled, however using symlink attacker could view data outside the hosted/running directory.

**Steps to reproduce:**
> mkdir nothing
> cd nothing
> ln -s ../../ symlnk
> ruby -run -ehttpd . -p8080

**Impact:**
This would allow the attacker to view sensitive data outside the root/running directory. 

**Recommendation:**
We can probably educate users about this behavior in the WebBrick documentation and providing a flag/parameter to disable/enable following symlinks.



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-07 12:30 UTC|newest]

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2019-05-07  9:33 ` [ruby-core:92580] [Ruby trunk Bug#15835] Path traversal symlink - WEBrick mishra.dhiraj95
2019-05-07 12:30 ` naruse [this message]
2019-05-08 15:04 ` [ruby-core:92599] " shevegen

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