CVE-2010-3933
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.4
Description
Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | activerecord | !< 2.3.9||<~> 2.3.9 | ~> 2.3.9 |
| RubyGems | activerecord | >=2.3.9,<2.3.10 | 2.3.10 |
| RubyGems | activerecord | >=3.0.0,<3.0.1 | 3.0.1 |
References
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2010/10/15/security-vulnerability-in-nested-attributes-code-in-ruby-on-rails-2-3-9-and-3-0-0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41930
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024624
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2719
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3933
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/2d96bccb1e8b62e3e11ca0c5d38aaa8cece889ae
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/96183e0f284bab27667e5a38fa6a1578eb029585
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2010-3933.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101129225633/http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2010/Oct/1024624.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111225083933/http://secunia.com/advisories/41930
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201208053819/http://securitytracker.com/id?1024624
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3933
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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