CVE-2014-3514

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-08-18
CWE:
CWE-88
Bugzilla:
1131240: CVE-2014-3514 rubygem-activerecord: Strong Parameter bypass with create_with
It was discovered that Active Record's create_with method failed to properly check attributes passed to it. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass the strong parameter protection and modify arbitrary model attributes via mass assignment if an application using Active Record called create_with with untrusted values.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3514 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ror40-rubygem-activerecord) RHSA-2014:1102 2014-08-27
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ror40-rubygem-activerecord) RHSA-2014:1102 2014-08-27

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord Not affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 rubygem-activerecord Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ruby193-rubygem-activerecord Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord Not affected

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