FreeBSD : rubygem-rails -- SQL injection vulnerability (8e8b8b94-7f1d-11dd-a66a-0019666436c2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 36000

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jonathan Weiss reports, that it is possible to perform a SQL injection in Rails applications via not correctly sanitized :limit and :offset parameters. It is possible to change arbitrary values in affected tables or gain access to the sensitive data.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://blog.innerewut.de/2008/6/16/why-you-should-upgrade-to-rails-2-1

http://www.nessus.org/u?380e771b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36000

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8e8b8b947f1d11dda66a0019666436c2.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/24/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-rails, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4094

CWE: 89