SB2016033002 - Information disclosure in the Safemode gem for Ruby 



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

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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.