CVE-2015-7577

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    CVE-2015-7577

    Published: 16 Feb 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/10, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81806, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816, https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/cawsWcQ6c8g/LATIsglZEgAJ

    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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