Ruby on Rails Input Validation Flaw in ':limit' and ':offset' Parameters Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020871 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020871
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-4094
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Aug 20 2009
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Original Entry Date: Sep 15 2008
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 2.1.1
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Rails. A remote user can inject SQL commands.
The software does not properly validate user-supplied input in the ':limit' and ':offset' parameters. If an application uses unfiltered user-supplied input in making calls with those parameters, a remote user can supply a specially crafted parameter value to execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
The original advisory is available at:
http://blog.innerewut.de/2008/6/16/why-you-should-upgrade-to-rails-2-1
Jonathan Weiss reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (2.1.1), available at:
http://www.rubyonrails.org/down
Patches for 1.2 and 2.0 are available at:
http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/964
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Vendor URL: www.rubyonrails.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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