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CVE-2016-2098: Possible remote code execution vulnerability

April 7, 2016 (updated August 8, 2019)

Applications that pass unverified user input to the render method in a controller or a view may be vulnerable to a code injection. An attacker could use the request parameters to coerce the controller to execute arbitrary ruby code.

References

  • groups.google.com/forum/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.2.0.0.alpha before 3.2.22.2, all versions starting from 4.0.0.0.alpha before 4.1.14.2, all versions starting from 4.2.0.0.alpha before 4.2.5.2

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.22.2
  • 4.1.14.2
  • 4.2.5.2

Solution

Upgrade to latest or use workaround; see provided link.

Impact 7.3 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

gem/actionpack/CVE-2016-2098.yml

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