GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-hgpp-pp89-4fgf Action Pack contains database-query restrictions bypass

MEDIUM Published 2017-10-24 Modified 2025-01-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2012-2660
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
actionpack
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-284
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems actionpack: >= 3.0.0.beta, < 3.0.13 → fixed in 3.0.13 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 → fixed in 3.1.5 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.4 → fixed in 3.2.4 • RubyGems actionpack: < 2.3.16 → fixed in 2.3.16

Description

`actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb` in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.16, 3.0.x before 3.0.13, 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.4 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the Rack interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query restrictions and perform NULL checks via a crafted request, as demonstrated by certain `[nil]` values, a related issue to CVE-2012-2694.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2012-2660 actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.13, 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.4 does not properly… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References