CVE-2016-2098

NameCVE-2016-2098
DescriptionAction Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-604-1, DSA-3509-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)buster2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
railssourcewheezy(not affected)
railssourcejessie2:4.1.8-1+deb8u2DSA-3509-1
railssource(unstable)2:4.2.5.2-1
ruby-actionpack-2.3sourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
ruby-actionpack-2.3source(unstable)(unfixed)
ruby-actionpack-3.2sourcewheezy3.2.6-6+deb7u3DLA-604-1
ruby-actionpack-3.2source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[wheezy] - rails <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, is only a transitional package)
[squeeze] - rails <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
Versions Affected: 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x
Fixed Versions: 3.2.22.2, 4.1.14.2, 4.2.5.2

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