CVE-2011-2929

The template selection functionality in actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.10 and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc6 does not properly handle glob characters, which allows remote attackers to render arbitrary views via a crafted URL, related to a "filter skipping vulnerability."

• CWE-20

• http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/cbbbba6e4f7eaf61?dmode=source&output=gplainPatch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
• http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731432Patch
• https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5f94b93279f6d0682fafb237c301302c107a9552Patch
• http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/cbbbba6e4f7eaf61?dmode=source&output=gplainPatch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
• http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731432Patch
• https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5f94b93279f6d0682fafb237c301302c107a9552Patch

Published

Aug 29, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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