CVE-2020-8165 (High) detected in activesupport-6.0.2.2.gem

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CVE-2020-8165 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - activesupport-6.0.2.2.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-6.0.2.2.gem

Path to dependency file: webdataconnector/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/cache/activesupport-6.0.2.2.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• github-pages-204.gem (Root Library)
  • jemoji-0.11.1.gem
    • html-pipeline-2.12.3.gem
      • ❌ activesupport-6.0.2.2.gem (Vulnerable Library)

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: GHSA-2p68-f74v-9wc6

Release Date: 2020-05-31

Fix Resolution: 5.2.4.3,6.0.3.1