Ecto 2.2.0 protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Ecto 2.2.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to protection mechanism. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-20166. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ecto 2.2.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

Ecto 2.2.0 lacks a certain protection mechanism associated with the interaction between is_nil and raise.

The weakness was released 01/10/2023 as GHSA-2xxx-fhc8-9qvq. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-20166 since 01/10/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch db55b0cba6525c24ebddc88ef9ae0c1c00620250 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-0331). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: db55b0cba6525c24ebddc88ef9ae0c1c00620250

Timelineinfo

01/10/2023 🔍
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07/02/2025 +904 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-2xxx-fhc8-9qvq
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-20166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-20166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-217781
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2023 14:54
Updated: 07/02/2025 15:49
Changes: 01/10/2023 14:54 (39), 01/31/2023 08:25 (11), 04/09/2025 20:27 (20), 07/02/2025 15:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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