CVE-2012-6496

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    CVE-2012-6496

    Published: 4 Jan 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889649, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889649, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084, https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/23daa048baf28b64?dmode=source&output=gplain

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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