CVE-2013-1856: activesupport Improper Input Validation vulnerability

CVE-2013-1856 · Severity: info · Published 2017-10-24

activesupport Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Technologies: activesupport (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2013-1856 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2013-1856 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2013-1856?
Informational severity, published 24 October 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
activesupport (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.0.0,fixed=3.1.12.
Is there a fix for CVE-2013-1856?
Yes. activesupport (RubyGems): upgrade to 3.1.12 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2013-1856?
Check whether you run activesupport (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • activesupport (RubyGems): upgrade to 3.1.12 or later
    bundle update activesupport

Affected products

  • activesupport (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.0.0,fixed=3.1.12

Identifiers

  • CVE-2013-1856
  • GHSA-9c2j-593q-3g82

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