The extlib gem 0.9.15 and earlier for Ruby does not properly restrict casts of string values, which might allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.
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"github_reviewed": true,
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-704"
],
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:28:42Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
}