CVE-2018-16476
Description
A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16476.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16476
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/970b0d754be7c71a760d9b807eea32297fd838e3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activejob/CVE-2018-16476.yml
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJ
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.