Ruby on Rails up to 3.0.3 request.rb in access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ruby on Rails up to 3.0.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb. Performing a manipulation of the argument in results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-2660. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ruby on Rails up to 3.0.3 (Programming Language Software). This affects an unknown functionality in the library actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb. The manipulation of the argument in with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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 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.

The weakness was presented 06/22/2012 by Ben Murphy (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at groups.google.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2660 since 05/14/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74727 (openSUSE Security Update : rubygem-actionmailer-3_2 / rubygem-actionpack-3_2 / rubygem-activemodel-3_2 / etc (openSUSE-SU-2012:1066-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166688 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for hawk (SUSE-SU-2013:0194-1)).

Upgrading to version 3.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76015), Tenable (74727), SecurityFocus (BID 53754†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35484†). See VDB-61084 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 74727
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : rubygem-actionmailer-3_2 / rubygem-actionpack-3_2 / rubygem-activemodel-3_2 / etc (openSUSE-SU-2012:1066-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 71520
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: rubygem-activemodel
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ruby on Rails 3.0.4

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05/14/2012 🔍
05/31/2012 +17 days 🔍
05/31/2012 +0 days 🔍
06/22/2012 +22 days 🔍
06/22/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/08/2012 +16 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +705 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
12/05/2021 +2449 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2013:0154
Researcher: Ben Murphy
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-2660 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2660
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61083
X-Force: 76015
SecurityFocus: 53754 - Ruby on Rails CVE-2012-2660 SQL Injection Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35484 - Ruby on Rails <3.0.13, 3.1.0-3.1.4, and 3.2.0-3.2.3 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/05/2021 10:09
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/14/2017 13:55 (10), 12/05/2021 10:04 (3), 12/05/2021 10:09 (1)
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