Information disclosure in The Safemode gem for Ruby - CVE-2016-3693
Published: February 27, 2018 / Updated: March 19, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10736
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3693
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ruby
Affected software:
The Safemode gem for Ruby
The Safemode gem for Ruby
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a provisioning template containing `inspect` when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller. A remote context-dependent attacker can use the inspect method and access sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a provisioning template containing `inspect` when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller. A remote context-dependent attacker can use the inspect method and access sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3693
Update to version 1.2.4.