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



| Updated: 2020-07-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2013-6417
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Action Mailer
Universal components / Libraries / Programming Languages & Components

Vendor Rails

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU32545

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6417

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.

actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query restrictions and perform NULL checks or trigger missing WHERE clauses via a crafted request that leverages (1) third-party Rack middleware or (2) custom Rack middleware. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0155.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Action Mailer: 3.2.0 - 4.0.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/niK4drpSHT4/g8JW8ZsayRkJ
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6417


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.



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