SB2020101705 - OpenSUSE Linux update for rubygem-activesupport-5_1
Published: October 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020101705
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8165)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the "MemCacheStore" and "RedisCacheStore". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application using the "raw: true" parameter and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.