CVE-2013-1854

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The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 processes

The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 processes certain queries by converting hash keys to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input to a where method.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01795

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

rubyonrails railsall versions

rubyonrails ruby on railsall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

RubyGems activerecord MODERATE fixed in 2.3.18

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productmediumRuby on Rails Framework Exceptions

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Scoring & Timeline

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD19 Mar 2013 · 10:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2014:1863Important

rhsaRHSA-2013:0699Moderate

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References & Sources

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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00070.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00071.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00075.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00078.html

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00079.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0699.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/

https://groups.google.com/group/ruby-security-ann/msg/34e0d780b04308de?dmode=source&output=gplain

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