CVE
CVE-2020-25739
An issue was discovered in the gon gem before gon-6.4.0 for Ruby. MultiJson does not honor the escape_mode parameter to escape fields as an XSS protection mechanism. To mitigate, json_dumper.rb in gon now does escaping for XSS by default without relying on MultiJson.
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS
- 6.1
- Published
- Modified
Linked Releases
| Distribution | Release | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 18.04.6 amd64 desktop | unknown | source |
| Ubuntu | 18.04.6 amd64 live-server | unknown | source |
References
- https://github.com/gazay/gon/commit/fe3c7b2191a992386dc9edd37de5447a4e809bc7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4560-1/
- https://github.com/gazay/gon/commit/fe3c7b2191a992386dc9edd37de5447a4e809bc7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4560-1/