OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1677-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2020-10-16 18:23 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:14
Summary
Security update for rubygem-activesupport-5_1
Severity
Critical
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for rubygem-activesupport-5_1
Description of the patch: This update for rubygem-activesupport-5_1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-8165: Fixed deserialization of untrusted data in MemCacheStore potentially resulting in remote code execution (bsc#1172186) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-1677
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2020-8165
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.1:ruby2.5-rubygem-activesupport-5_1-0:5.1.4-lp151.3.3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.1:ruby2.5-rubygem-activesupport-doc-5_1-0:5.1.4-lp151.3.3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact critical
References
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