UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0269

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UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0269

Summary:

Details: The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0269, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/4_YvCpLzL58, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/Bdidw60q3C8, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1733-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0269