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Ruby on Rails: Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-2020-8164)

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Ruby on Rails: Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-2020-8164)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/19/2020
Created
06/29/2020
Added
06/29/2020
Modified
10/02/2020

Description

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.3, rails < 6.0.3.1 which can allow an attacker to supply information can be inadvertently leaked fromStrong Parameters.

Solution(s)

  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-5_2_4_3
  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-6_0_3_1

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