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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201401-22 ] Active Record: SQL injection

Posted on 21 January 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-22
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: Active Record: SQL injection
Date: January 21, 2014
Bugs: #449826
ID: 201401-22

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Active Record could allow a remote attacker to
inject SQL commands.

Background
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Active Record is a Ruby gem that allows database entries to be
manipulated as objects.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-ruby/activerecord < 2.3.14-r1 >= 2.3.14-r1

Description
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An Active Record method parameter can mistakenly be used as a scope.

Impact
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A remote attacker could use specially crafted input to execute
arbitrary SQL statements.

Workaround
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The vulnerability may be mitigated by converting the input to an
expected value. This is accomplished by changing instances of
'Post.find_by_id(params[:id])' in code using Active Record to
'Post.find_by_id(params[:id].to_s)'

Resolution
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All Active Record users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-ruby/activerecord-2.3.14-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6496
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6496

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-22.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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