CVE-2020-8165
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CVE-2020-8165 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. A deserialization of untrusted data vulnernerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.3, rails < 6.0.3.1 that can allow an attacker to unmarshal user-provided objects in MemCacheStore and RedisCacheStore potentially resulting in an RCE.. EPSS estimates a 45.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A deserialization of untrusted data vulnernerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.3, rails < 6.0.3.1 that can allow an attacker to unmarshal user-provided objects in MemCacheStore and RedisCacheStore potentially resulting in an RCE.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rubyonrails | Rails | < 5.2.4.3 |
| Rubyonrails | Rails | >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.3.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.2 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/bv6fW4S0Y1cMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/413388Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/bv6fW4S0Y1cMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/413388Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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