SQL Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rails  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-RAILS-658007
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed29 Dec 2017

Introduced: 29 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-89  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Ubuntu.

SQL 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