| Name | CVE-2019-14282 |
| Description | The simple_captcha2 gem 0.2.3 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ruby-simple-captcha2 (PTS) | bullseye | 0.5.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, forky, sid, trixie | 0.5.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ruby-simple-captcha2 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- ruby-simple-captcha2 <not-affected> (Backdoored versions not available in a Debian release)
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2073