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Critical DSA-4766-1 6 CVEs

rails - security update

Published Sep 24, 2020 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 10 rails 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u2

Vulnerabilities 6

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2020-8165 Public exploit EPSS 46%

    ActiveSupport potentially unintended unmarshalling of user-provided objects in MemCacheStore and RedisCacheStore

    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.

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2020-8162 Public exploit

    Circumvention of file size limits in ActiveStorage

    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.

  • High 7.5

    Possible Strong Parameters Bypass in ActionPack

    A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.3, rails < 6.0.3.1 which can allow an attacker to supply information can be inadvertently leaked fromStrong Parameters.

  • Medium 6.5

    CSRF Vulnerability in rails-ujs

    A CSRF vulnerability exists in rails <= 6.0.3 rails-ujs module that could allow attackers to send CSRF tokens to wrong domains.

  • Medium 5.4
    CVE-2020-15169 Public exploit

    XSS in Action View

    In Action View before versions 5.2.4.4 and 6.0.3.3 there is a potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Action View's translation helpers. Views that allow the user to control the default (not found) value of the `t` and `translate` helpers could …

  • Medium 4.3

    Ability to forge per-form CSRF tokens in Rails

    A CSRF forgery vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.5, rails < 6.0.4 that makes it possible for an attacker to, given a global CSRF token such as the one present in the authenticity_token meta tag, forge a per-form CSRF token.