GSD-2018-3779
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2018-08-09 00:00Details
The gem duplicates official `activesupport` (no hyphen) code, but adds a
compiled extension. The extension attempts to resolve a base64 encoded
domain, downloads a payload, and executes.
Replace this gem with the official `activesupport` gem.
Aliases
Aliases
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"modified": "2018-08-09T00:00:00.000Z",
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}
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