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Red Hat Software Collections: RHSA-2014:1102-01 Important ActiveRecord Fix

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2014
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Red Hat releases a vital security alert concerning the ror40-rubygem-activemodel update to enhance critical safeguarding.
Updated ror40-rubygem-activerecord packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller (MVC) framework for web application development. Active Record implements object-relational mapping for accessing database entries using objects.
It was discovered that Active Record's create_with method failed to properly check attributes passed to it. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass the strong parameter protection and modify arbitrary model attributes via mass assignment if an application using Active Record called create_with with untrusted values. (CVE-2014-3514)
All ror40-rubygem-activerecord users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote exploit red hat important ruby on rails active record software collection

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3514 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el6.src.rpm
noarch: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el6.noarch.rpm ror40-rubygem-activerecord-doc-4.0.2-2.3.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4):
Source: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el6.src.rpm
noarch: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el6.noarch.rpm ror40-rubygem-activerecord-doc-4.0.2-2.3.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el6.src.rpm
noarch: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el6.noarch.rpm ror40-rubygem-activerecord-doc-4.0.2-2.3.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el7.noarch.rpm ror40-rubygem-activerecord-doc-4.0.2-2.3.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-4.0.2-2.3.el7.noarch.rpm ror40-rubygem-activerecord-doc-4.0.2-2.3.el7.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1102-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1102.html
Issue date: 2014-08-27

Topic

Updated ror40-rubygem-activerecord packages that fix one security issue arenow available for Red Hat Software Collections 1.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote exploit red hat important ruby on rails active record software collection

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1131240 - CVE-2014-3514 rubygem-activerecord: Strong Parameter bypass with create_with

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