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Unscored CVE-2017-17916 EUVD-2017-9059GHSA-c2xw-j3rw-89x2

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL com…

Published Dec 29, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 rails No fix yet —
Debian 13 rails No fix yet —
Debian 12 rails No fix yet —

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