CVE-2017-17916

NameCVE-2017-17916
Description** DISPUTED ** 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severitymedium

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)stretch2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u2vulnerable
stretch (security)2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u5vulnerable
buster, buster (security)2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u3vulnerable
bookworm, sid, bullseye2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/
All of those methods accept arbitrary SQL by design.
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