Input validation error - CVE-2013-1854
Published: March 20, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33108
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1854
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1854
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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
- 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