GHSA-m42x-37p3-fv5w
Circumvention of file size limits in ActiveStorage
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2020-8162
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
There is a vulnerability in ActiveStorage's S3 adapter that allows the Content-Length of a direct file upload to be modified by an end user. Versions Affected: rails < 5.2.4.2, rails < 6.0.3.1 Not affected: Applications that do not use the direct upload functionality of the ActiveStorage S3 adapter. Fixed Versions: rails >= 5.2.4.3, rails >= 6.0.3.1 Impact ------ Utilizing this vulnerability, an attacker can control the Content-Length of an S3 direct upload URL without receiving a new signature from the server. This could be used to bypass controls in place on the server to limit upload size. Workarounds ----------- This is a low-severity security issue. As such, no workaround is necessarily until such time as the application can be upgraded.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · activestorage | introduced 5.0.0, fixed 5.2.4.3 |
| RubyGems · activestorage | introduced 6.0.0, fixed 6.0.3.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8162 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-ruby/issues/2098 WEB
- https://hackerone.com/reports/789579 WEB
- https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-ruby WEB
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activestorage/CVE-2020-8162.yml WEB
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/PjU3946mreQ WEB
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/PjU3946mreQ WEB
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |