CVE-2016-3693

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    CVE-2016-3693

    Published: 20 May 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Safemode gem before 1.2.4 for Ruby, when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via the inspect method.

    References: http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/14635, http://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-3693, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/8, http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2016-3693/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336, https://github.com/svenfuchs/safemode/commit/0f764a1720a3a68fd2842e21377c8bfad6d7126f, https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/82f9b93c54f72c5814df6bab7fad057eab65b2f2

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -82f9b93c54f72c5814df6bab7fad057eab65b2f2

    Affected versions

    1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High