Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2096-1 ruby-rack-cors -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
07 Feb 2020
Affected Packages:
ruby-rack-cors
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-18978.
More information:

This package allowed ../ directory traversal to access private resources because resource matching did not ensure that pathnames were in a canonical format.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.9-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-rack-cors packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS