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Debian: CVE-2020-8163: rails -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-8163: rails -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/02/2020
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/23/2020
Modified
07/23/2020

Description

The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that wouldallow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-rails

References

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