CVE-2019-5420

Summary

CVECVE-2019-5420
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-27 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:11:00 UTC
DescriptionA remote code execution vulnerability in development mode Rails <5.2.2.1, <6.0.0.beta3 can allow an attacker to guess the automatically generated development mode secret token. This secret token can be used in combination with other Rails internals to escalate to a remote code execution exploit.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-330

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails All All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 6.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 6.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails All All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 6.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 6.0.0 beta2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: rubygem-activemodel-5.2.3-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Rails 4.2.11.1, 5.0.7.2, 5.1.6.2, 5.2.2.1, and 6.0.0.beta3 have been released! | Riding Rails CONFIRM weblog.rubyonrails.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Google Groups groups.google.com
Ruby On Rails - DoubleTap Development Mode secret_key_base Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) - Linux remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: rubygem-activemodel-5.2.3-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Ruby On Rails DoubleTap Development Mode secret_key_base Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750577 OpenSUSE Security Update for rmt-server (openSUSE-SU-2020:2000-1)
  • 750580 OpenSUSE Security Update for rmt-server (openSUSE-SU-2020:1993-1)
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