SB2016033002 - Information disclosure in the Safemode gem for Ruby
Published: March 30, 2016 Updated: April 3, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016033002
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3693)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.The weakness exists due to a provisioning template containing `inspect` when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller. A remote context-dependent attacker can use the inspect method and access sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.