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CVE-2016-2098

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Date: April 7, 2016

Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (24)

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086/

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20211205173437/https://securitytracker.com/id/1035122

Url: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q

Url: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2098

Url: https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2098

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725

Url: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20210612214217/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ

Url: https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-2098.yml

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122

Url: https://github.com/rails/rails

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html

Url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx46-vwmx-wx95

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20200228015318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2098

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version actionpack - 4.1.14.2;actionpack - 4.2.5.2;actionpack - 3.2.22.2

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-2098

Good to know:

Date: April 7, 2016

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

Related Resources (24)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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