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    CVE-2012-6496

    SQL injection vulnerability in the Active Record component in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.9, and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted request that leverages incorrect behavior of dynamic finders in applications that can use unexpected data types in certain find_by_ method calls.

    Published:Dec 21, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 4, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.02213
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cloudforms Cloudengine
    Product
    1
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Rhel Sam
    Product
    1.1
    Vendor
    Rubyonrails
    Product
    Rails
    Vendor
    Rubyonrails
    Product
    Ruby On Rails

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889649https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889649

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    References

    http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0155.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0220.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-22.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889649
    https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/23daa048baf28b64?dmode=source&output=gplain
    http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0155.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0220.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-22.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889649
    https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/23daa048baf28b64?dmode=source&output=gplain

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    Integrity
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