Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting rails package, versions <2:5.2.2+dfsg-1
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- published2 Dec 2018
- disclosed30 Nov 2018
Introduced: 30 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-16476 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 rails to version 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16476
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJ
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16476