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GHSA-CXF7-QRC5-9446

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-01 22:22 – Updated: 2022-03-10 15:56
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Summary
Remote shell execution vulnerability in image_processing
Details

Impact

When using the #apply method from image_processing to apply a series of operations that are coming from unsanitized user input, this allows the attacker to execute shell commands:

ImageProcessing::Vips.apply({ system: "echo EXECUTED" })
#>> EXECUTED

This method is called internally by Active Storage variants, so Active Storage is vulnerable as well.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.12.2 of image_processing.

Workarounds

If you're processing based on user input, it's highly recommended that you always sanitize the user input, by allowing only a constrained set of operations. For example:

operations = params[:operations]
  .map { |operation| [operation[:name], *operation[:value]] }
  .select { |name, *| name.to_s.include? %w[resize_to_limit strip ...] } # sanitization

ImageProcessing::Vips.apply(operations)
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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        "name": "image_processing"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2022-03-01T23:15:00Z",
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  "details": "### Impact\n\nWhen using the `#apply` method from image_processing to apply a series of operations that are coming from unsanitized user input, this allows the attacker to execute shell commands:\n\n```rb\nImageProcessing::Vips.apply({ system: \"echo EXECUTED\" })\n#\u003e\u003e EXECUTED\n```\n\nThis method is called internally by Active Storage variants, so Active Storage is vulnerable as well.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.12.2 of image_processing.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf you\u0027re processing based on user input, it\u0027s highly recommended that you always sanitize the user input, by allowing only a constrained set of operations. For example:\n\n```rb\noperations = params[:operations]\n  .map { |operation| [operation[:name], *operation[:value]] }\n  .select { |name, *| name.to_s.include? %w[resize_to_limit strip ...] } # sanitization\n\nImageProcessing::Vips.apply(operations)\n```",
  "id": "GHSA-cxf7-qrc5-9446",
  "modified": "2022-03-10T15:56:28Z",
  "published": "2022-03-01T22:22:26Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5310"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Remote shell execution vulnerability in image_processing"
}



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