Bug 1835655 (CVE-2020-8159)

Summary: CVE-2020-8159 rubygem-actionpack-page_caching: allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to a web server, which could result in remote code execution
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Michael Kaplan <mkaplan>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jaruga, mo, pvalena, ruby-packagers-sig, sseago, strzibny, thoger, vondruch, ytale
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: rubygem-actionpack-page_caching 1.2.1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On: 1835656    
Bug Blocks: 1835657    

Description Michael Kaplan 2020-05-14 09:44:45 UTC
A vulnerability was found in the actionpack_page-caching gem that allows an attacker
to write arbitrary files to a web server, potentially resulting in remote code execution
if the attacker can write unescaped ERB to a view.

Upstream Advisory:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8

Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-05-14 09:45:12 UTC
Created rubygem-actionpack tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1835656]