Active Record Improper Input Validation
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Oct 24, 2017
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Aug 25, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.18
>= 3.1.0, < 3.1.12
>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.13
Patched versions
2.3.18
3.1.12
3.2.13
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Mar 19, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed
Jun 16, 2020
Last updated
Aug 25, 2023
The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 processes certain queries by converting hash keys to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input to a where method.
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