Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Rails Action Mailer for Ruby on Rails

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU32466

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3514

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.5 allows remote attackers to bypass the strong parameters protection mechanism via crafted input to an application that makes create_with calls.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Action Mailer: 4.0.0 - 4.1.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:rails:actionmailer:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rails:actionmailer:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rails:actionmailer:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/18/10
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1102.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60347
http://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/M4chq5Sb540/CC1Fh0Y_NWwJ

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.