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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for ruby-actionpack-page-caching (DLA-2719-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby-actionpack-page-caching' package(s) announced via the DLA-2719-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
ooooooo_q discovered that the actionpack_page-caching Ruby gem, a static page caching module for Rails, 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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'ruby-actionpack-page-caching' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-4+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-actionpack-page-caching packages.