DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6497

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6497

    Published: 4 Jan 2013Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6497

    Summary:

    Details: The Authlogic gem for Ruby on Rails, when used with certain versions before 3.2.10, makes potentially unsafe find_by_id method calls, which might allow remote attackers to conduct CVE-2012-6496 SQL injection attacks via a crafted parameter in environments that have a known secret_token value, as demonstrated by a value contained in secret_token.rb in an open-source product.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6497

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rails

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rails?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.14.1

    Affected versions

    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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