CVE-2016-6317

NameCVE-2016-6317
DescriptionAction Record in Ruby on Rails 4.2.x before 4.2.7.1 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, as demonstrated by certain "[nil]" values, a related issue to CVE-2012-2660, CVE-2012-2694, and CVE-2013-0155.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs834154

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssourcewheezy(not affected)
railssourcejessie(not affected)
railssource(unstable)2:4.2.7.1-1834154

Notes

[jessie] - rails <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, introduced in 4.2)
[wheezy] - rails <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, is only a transitional package and introduced in 4.2 anyway)

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