A flaw was found in the way Active Record handled certain special values in dynamic finders and relations. If a Ruby on Rails application performed JSON parameter parsing, a remote attacker could possibly manipulate search conditions in SQL queries generated by the application.
Find out more about CVE-2016-6317 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ror42-rubygem-activerecord) | RHSA-2016:1855 | 2016-09-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-activerecord | Not affected |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | rubygem-activerecord | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ror40-rubygem-activerecord | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-ror41-rubygem-activerecord | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ruby193-rubygem-activerecord | Not affected |
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