VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2020-8162

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Published 2020-05-18 · Modified 2024-02-22
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CVSS v3
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
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Description

A client side enforcement of server side security vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.2 and rails < 6.0.3.1 ActiveStorage's S3 adapter that allows the Content-Length of a direct file upload to be modified by an end user bypassing upload limits.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2:5.2.4.3+dfsg-1
sid Fixed 2:5.2.4.3+dfsg-1
forky Fixed 2:5.2.4.3+dfsg-1
bullseye Fixed 2:5.2.4.3+dfsg-1
bookworm Fixed 2:5.2.4.3+dfsg-1

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactivestorage<~> 5.2.4, >= 5.2.4.3~> 5.2.4, >= 5.2.4.3
ruby RubyGemsactivestorage>=5.0.0,<5.2.4.35.2.4.3
ruby RubyGemsactivestorage>=6.0.0,<6.0.3.16.0.3.1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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