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Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-7577): rails vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-7577): rails vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/16/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 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 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-rails

References

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