CRITICAL 9.8 RubyGems
Code backdoor in simple_captcha2
GHSA-wg6j-r28m-7293 · CVE-2019-14282
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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.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14282
- WEB https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2073
- PACKAGE https://github.com/pludoni/simple-captcha
- WEB https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/simple_captcha2/CVE-2019-14282.yml
- WEB https://rubygems.org/gems/simple_captcha2/versions
- WEB https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-SIMPLECAPTCHA2-455501
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