Arbitrary Code Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ruby-simple-captcha2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-RUBYSIMPLECAPTCHA2-606076
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed26 Jul 2019

Introduced: 26 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14282  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-simple-captcha2 package and not the ruby-simple-captcha2 package as distributed by Debian.

The simple_captcha2 gem 0.2.3 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.