Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Ruby on Rails affects IBM License Metric Tool v9 (CVE-2020-8166).

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Ruby On Rails that is used by IBM License Metric Tool.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8166
**DESCRIPTION:**Ruby on Rails is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by authenticity_token meta tag. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to perform unintended actions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184553 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to version 9.2.21 or later using the following procedure:

In BigFix console, expand IBM License Reporting (ILMT) node under Sites node in the tree panel.
Click Fixlets and Tasks node. Fixlets and Tasks panel will be displayed on the right.
In the Fixlets and Tasks panel locate Upgrade to the latest version of IBM License Metric Tool 9.x fixlet and run it against the computer that hosts your server.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None