CVE-2018-16477: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in activestorage

CVE-2018-16477 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2018-12-05

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in activestorage

Technologies: activestorage (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2018-16477 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-16477 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2018-16477?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 5 December 2018.
Which products and versions are affected?
activestorage (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.2.0,fixed=5.2.1.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2018-16477?
Yes. activestorage (RubyGems): upgrade to 5.2.1.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2018-16477?
Check whether you run activestorage (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

  • activestorage (RubyGems): upgrade to 5.2.1.1 or later
    bundle update activestorage

Affected products

  • activestorage (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.2.0,fixed=5.2.1.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2018-16477
  • GHSA-7rr7-rcjw-56vj

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