Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ruby-activerecord (Alpine package)

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU33109

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0276

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17, 3.1.x before 3.1.11, and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 allows remote attackers to bypass the attr_protected protection mechanism and modify protected model attributes via a crafted request.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

samba (Alpine package): 3.4.8-r0 - 3.5.15-r0

ruby-activerecord (Alpine package): 2.3.15-r0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:samba_alpine_package:3.5.11-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:samba_alpine_package:3.5.14-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:samba_alpine_package:3.5.15-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:ruby-activerecord_alpine_package:2.3.15-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=80726aa0ce29dacb6bdc34e8e7922c2d3d300dee
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=37b5162169d7315e8c849c3cc9c86ac678bbd2c8

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.