CVE-2023-38037 (Medium) detected in activesupport-5.2.8.1.gem - autoclosed

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CVE-2023-38037 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - activesupport-5.2.8.1.gem

A toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Rich support for multibyte strings, internationalization, time zones, and testing.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/activesupport-5.2.8.1.gem

Path to dependency file: /vagrant/chef/cookbooks/apt/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.ruby/cache/activesupport-5.2.8.1.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• kitchen-digitalocean-0.10.1.gem (Root Library)
  • droplet_kit-2.7.0.gem
    • ❌ activesupport-5.2.8.1.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Active Support Possibly Discloses Locally Encrypted Files

Publish Date: 2025-01-09

URL: CVE-2023-38037

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-cr5q-6q9f-rq6q

Release Date: 2024-11-29

Fix Resolution: activesupport - 6.1.7.5,7.0.7.1

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.