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GHSA-7r3j-qmr4-jfpj
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A moderate severity security vulnerability has been identified in the Kaminari pagination library for Ruby on Rails, concerning insecure file permissions. This advisory outlines the vulnerability, affected versions, and provides guidance for mitigation.
Impact
This vulnerability is of moderate severity due to the potential for unauthorized write access to particular Ruby files managed by the library. Such access could lead to the alteration of application behavior or data integrity issues.
Resolution
Those who use the gem install command, such as gem install kaminari -v 0.16.1, gem unpack kaminari -v 0.16.1, or bundle install to download the package would not be affected and no action is required.
Those who manually download and decompressing the affected versions are advised to update to 0.16.2 or later version of Kaminari where file permissions have been adjusted to enhance security.
Workarounds
If upgrading is not feasible immediately, manually adjusting the file permissions on the server to 644 to restrict access is a viable interim measure.
All Affected Versions:
lib/kaminari/models/page_scope_methods.rb
In addition to the previously mentioned files, security tools like AWS Inspector might also identify other files as unsafe. These files, although not loaded or used at runtime, may still be flagged. To avoid any potential confusion in your logs and ensure system integrity, we recommend updating the permissions for these files as well. This proactive measure helps maintain a clean security posture and minimizes unnecessary alerts.
Version 0.15.0 and 0.15.1:
spec/models/mongo_mapper/mongo_mapper_spec.rb
Version 0.16.0:
spec/models/mongo_mapper/mongo_mapper_spec.rb
spec/models/mongoid/mongoid_spec.rb
Version 0.16.1:
spec/models/active_record/scopes_spec.rb
spec/models/mongo_mapper/mongo_mapper_spec.rb
spec/models/mongoid/mongoid_spec.rb
gemfiles/data_mapper_12.gemfile
gemfiles/active_record_32.gemfile
References
Official Kaminari repository link (this page)
Acknowledgements
We thank Gareth Jones for discovering and reporting this issue. Their diligent work is instrumental in our ongoing efforts to maintain and improve software security.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker needs high-level or administrative privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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