SB2014120855 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ruby-actionmailer (Alpine package) 



SB2014120855 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ruby-actionmailer (Alpine package)

Published: December 8, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014120855
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3514)

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.