CVE-2016-0753
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | activemodel | !<= 4.0.13||<>= 5.0.0.beta1.1 | >= 5.0.0.beta1.1 |
| RubyGems | activemodel | >=4.1.0,<4.1.14.1 | 4.1.14.1 |
| RubyGems | activemodel | >=4.2.0,<4.2.5.1 | 4.2.5.1 |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/6jQVC1geukQ
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0753.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0753
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activemodel/CVE-2016-0753.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160405205300/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228000230/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210613054843/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0753
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.