{
"id": "GHSA-78rc-8c29-p45g",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-2098"
],
"details": "Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.",
"summary": "actionpack allows remote code execution via application's unrestricted use of render method",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.2.22.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "actionpack",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
},
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 3.2.22.1"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.1.14.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "actionpack",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
},
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 4.1.14.1"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.2.5.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "actionpack",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
},
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 4.2.5.1"
}
}
],
"modified": "2023-07-03T18:58:43Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
}
],
"published": "2017-10-24T18:33:35Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2098",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rails/rails",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-2098.yml",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228015318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210612214217/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211205173437/https://securitytracker.com/id/1035122",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:22:13Z"
}
}