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Lack of data validation In actionpack

Description

actionpack Improper Input Validation vulnerability active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-01562. NVD-2013-01563. OSV-2013-01564. OSV-DEBIAN-2013-01565. GCVE-2013-01566. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2013-0156

References

1. https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/01/09/serialization-mischief-in-ruby-land-cve-2013-01562. https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c1432d0f8c70e89d?dmode=source&output=gplain3. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111025708/http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415043747/https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-036-01A5. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806154149/https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-01566. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0153.html7. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html8. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0155.html9. http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/1/28/Rails-3-0-20-and-2-3-16-have-been-released10. http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-260411. http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/sw-sv-rcve-ror201301e.html12. http://www.insinuator.net/2013/01/rails-yaml13. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/38003914. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/62846315. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2752716. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2401917. https://github.com/terracatta/name_reverser18. https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/rails_secret_deserialization.rb19. https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/rails_xml_yaml_code_exec.rb20. https://vulncheck.com/cve/CVE-2013-0156

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