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FreeBSD: VID-ce6db19b-976e-11ea-93c4-08002728f74c (CVE-2020-8163): Rails -- remote code execution vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 16, 2020
Added
May 18, 2020
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

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

freebsd-upgrade-package-rubygem-actionview4
Title
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