CVE-2020-8162

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8162
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-19 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-24 16:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA client side enforcement of server side security vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.2 and rails < 6.0.3.1 ActiveStorage's S3 adapter that allows the Content-Length of a direct file upload to be modified by an end user bypassing upload limits.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-434

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails All All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[CVE-2020-8162] Circumvention of file size limits in ActiveStorage MISC groups.google.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4766-1 rails DEBIAN www.debian.org
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 239228 Red Hat Update for Satellite 6.9 (RHSA-2021:1313)
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