CVE-2016-0753

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    CVE-2016-0753

    Published: 16 Feb 2016Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Active Model in Ruby on Rails 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 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.

    References: https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4e168015cef61207981d2427d4dbb6cf15f71182
    Fixed -31ab3aa0e881acfd1475abae602455905a4cadf1

    Affected versions

    5.0.0-beta1

    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