CVE-2020-8159

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8159
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-12 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:26:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is a vulnerability in actionpack_page-caching gem < v1.2.1 that allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to a web server, potentially resulting in remote code execution if the attacker can write unescaped ERB to a view.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Actionpack Page-caching All All All All
Application Rubyonrails Actionpack Page-caching All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Groups groups.google.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2719-1] ruby-actionpack-page-caching security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Google Groups MISC groups.google.com Exploit, Mailing List, 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

  • 178722 Debian Security Update for ruby-actionpack-page-caching (DLA 2719-1)
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