MEDIUM

GHSA-hqf9-rc9j-5fmj

Array data injection vulnerability in activerecord

Quick fix

GHSA-hqf9-rc9j-5fmj — activerecord: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update activerecord

Details

SQL injection vulnerability in `activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb` in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 4.0.x before 4.0.3, and 4.1.0.beta1, when PostgreSQL is used, allows remote attackers to execute "add data" SQL commands via vectors involving `\` (backslash) characters that are not properly handled in operations on array columns.

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Affected packages

RubyGems/activerecord

Introduced in: 4.0.0Fixed in: 4.0.3

Fixbundle update activerecord

RubyGems/activerecord

Introduced in: 4.1.0.beta1Fixed in: 4.1.0.beta2

Fixbundle update activerecord

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0080[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqf9-rc9j-5fmj[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/main/activerecord[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2014-0080.yml[WEB]
https://web.archive.org/web/20210301004521/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/Wu96YkTUR6s/pPLBMZrlwvYJ[WEB]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/9[WEB]