Rack::UTF8Sanitizer vs bundler-audit

Rack::UTF8Sanitizer

Rack::UTF8Sanitizer is a Rack middleware which cleans up invalid UTF8 characters in request URI and headers. (by whitequark)

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bundler-audit

Patch-level verification for Bundler (by rubysec)

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Rack::UTF8Sanitizer		bundler-audit
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-	Mentions	5
306	Stars	2,646
-	Growth	0.6%
5.7	Activity	6.1
11 days ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Ruby	Language	Ruby
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Rack::UTF8Sanitizer

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bundler-audit

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4 Essential Security Tools To Level Up Your Rails Security
10 projects | dev.to | 31 May 2023

This Ruby gem is quite useful for detecting versions of gems that are known to be vulnerable to security issues. bundler-audit uses an open database of vulnerable gems called ruby-advisory-db and compares it to the versions that show up in your Gemfile.lock.
How do you guys integrate automated security checks in your CI/CD pipelines?
2 projects | /r/rails | 21 Jan 2023
What are the gems that every Ruby dev should know how to use?
4 projects | /r/rails | 3 Aug 2022

bundler-audit - check for known security issues
Hakiri has been sunset, any alternatives?
1 project | /r/rails | 3 Feb 2022
Security Risks On Rails: Misconfiguration and Unsafe Integrations
8 projects | dev.to | 26 Jan 2022

Let’s take the super famous gem bundler-audit, for instance. It works closely with bundler to provide patch-level verification for your project gems, such as vulnerability checks, insecure gem sources, etc.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Rack::UTF8Sanitizer and bundler-audit you can also consider the following projects:

Rack::Attack - Rack middleware for blocking & throttling

Brakeman - A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications

Clamby - ClamAV interface to your Ruby on Rails project.

Metasploit - Metasploit Framework

RbNaCl - Ruby FFI binding to the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) library (a.k.a. libsodium)

Rack::JsonWebTokenAuth

Gitrob - Reconnaissance tool for GitHub organizations

sessionKeys - A tool for the deterministic generation of unique user IDs, and NaCl cryptographic keys from a single username and high entropy passphrase.