SQL injection in Action Mailer - CVE-2014-3483

 

SQL injection in Action Mailer - CVE-2014-3483

Published: July 7, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32463
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3483
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Action Mailer
ruby-actionmailer (Alpine package)
ruby-redmine-actionmailer (Alpine package)
ruby-redmine-rails (Alpine package)
ruby-redmine-activesupport (Alpine package)
ruby-activesupport (Alpine package)
ruby-rails (Alpine package)
ruby-activemodel (Alpine package)
ruby-actionpack (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2014-3483

The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability: 4.0.7, 4.1.3.

Action Mailer - addressed in versions 4.0.7, 4.1.3
ruby-actionmailer (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.0.7-r0, 4.0.12-r0
ruby-redmine-actionmailer (Alpine package) - update to 3.2.21-r0
ruby-redmine-rails (Alpine package) - update to 3.2.19-r0
ruby-redmine-activesupport (Alpine package) - update to 3.2.19-r0
ruby-activesupport (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0
ruby-rails (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0
ruby-activemodel (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0
ruby-actionpack (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0

External References

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