CVE-2017-17916

Name	CVE-2017-17916
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
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
rails (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2	vulnerable
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1	vulnerable
	trixie	2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-7	vulnerable
	forky, sid	2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2	vulnerable

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
rails	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

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