Versions of the package geokit-rails before 2.5.0 are vulnerable to...
Vulnerability Description
Versions of the package geokit-rails before 2.5.0 are vulnerable to Command Injection due to unsafe deserialisation of YAML within the 'geo_location' cookie. This issue can be exploited remotely via a malicious cookie value. **Note:** An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute commands on the host system.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Calum Hutton
References
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-GEOKITRAILS-5920323
- https://gist.github.com/CalumHutton/b7aa1c2e71c8d4386463ac14f686901d
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails/blob/master/lib/geokit-rails/ip_geocode_lookup.rb%23L37
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails/commit/7ffc5813e57f6f417987043e1039925fd0865c43
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails/commit/a93dfe49fb9aeae7164e2f8c4041450a04b5482f
