SB2014070702 - SQL injection in Rails Action Mailer for Ruby on Rails
Published: July 7, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014070702
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3483)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0877.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60214
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2982
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68341
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/wDxePLJGZdI/WP7EasCJTA4J