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actionpack Improper Input Validation vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 15, 2023

Package

bundler actionpack (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 2.3.15
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.19
>= 3.1.0, < 3.1.10
>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.11

Patched versions

2.3.15
3.0.19
3.1.10
3.2.11

Description

active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 13, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Feb 15, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

97.245%
(100th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-0156

GHSA ID

GHSA-jmgw-6vjg-jjwg

Source code

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