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CVE-2012-2139
Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem before 2.4.4 for Ruby allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.9%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsmailGHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5 (opens in a new tab)
References (9)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120425 CVE request: two flaws fixed in rubygem-mail 2.4.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7692 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 48970 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/29aca25218e4c82991400eb9b0c933626aefc98f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7619 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120425 Re: CVE request: two flaws fixed in rubygem-mail 2.4.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .