CVE-2020-8165 (Critical) detected in activesupport-6.0.1.gem

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CVE-2020-8165 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - activesupport-6.0.1.gem

A toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Rich support for multibyte strings, internationalization, time zones, and testing.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/activesupport-6.0.1.gem

Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /Gemfile.lock

Dependency Hierarchy: - web-console-4.0.1.gem (Root Library) - railties-6.0.1.gem - :x: **activesupport-6.0.1.gem** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: fcf91bc4bdc45d6d8325111f0cc2d8d6c0c0edad

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnernerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.3, rails < 6.0.3.1 that can allow an attacker to unmarshal user-provided objects in MemCacheStore and RedisCacheStore potentially resulting in an RCE.

Publish Date: 2020-06-19

URL: CVE-2020-8165

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2p68-f74v-9wc6

Release Date: 2020-06-19

Fix Resolution: 5.2.4.3,6.0.3.1

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