CVE-2017-17916

NameCVE-2017-17916
DescriptionSQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:4.1.8-1+deb8u9vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u5vulnerable
buster2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u3vulnerable
buster (security)2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u5vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1vulnerable
sid, trixie2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/
All of those methods accept arbitrary SQL by design.

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