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CVE-2016-4442 affects the Ruby rack-mini-profiler gem before 0.10.1. A remote attacker could access sensitive information about allocated strings and objects because security checks occurred in the wrong order. This is mainly a data exposure risk for applications that expose the profiler beyond trusted development or administrative use. Exposure is most likely in Ruby web applications that include rack-mini-profiler below 0.10.1 and make profiler functionality reachable to untrusted users. The provided sources do not define affected CPEs or deployment-specific exposure conditions. Prioritize remediation where rack-mini-profiler is present in production or internet-facing Ruby applications. Treat as a moderate data exposure issue unless local evidence shows sensitive runtime data was exposed. Mitigation focus: Upgrade rack-mini-profiler to version 0.10.1 or later.; Confirm profiler functionality is disabled or restricted outside trusted contexts.; Review vendor changelog and commit notes for implementation details..
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- https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler/blob/v0.10.1/CHANGELOG.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler/commit/4273771d65f1a7411e3ef5843329308d0e2d257cCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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