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CVE-2014-0080 (activerecord): CVE-2014-0080 rubygem-activerecord: PostgreSQL array data injection vulnerability

CVE-2014-0080 rubygem-activerecord: PostgreSQL array data injection vulnerability

Published: February 18, 2014

SECURITY IDENTIFIERS

GEM

activerecord

FRAMEWORK

Ruby on Rails

UNAFFECTED VERSIONS

< 3.2.0 ~> 3.2.0

PATCHED VERSIONS

~> 4.0.3 >= 4.1.0.beta2

DESCRIPTION

SQL injection vulnerability in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 4.0.x before 4.0.3, and 4.1.0.beta1, when PostgreSQL is used, allows remote attackers to execute "add data" SQL commands via vectors involving \ (backslash) characters that are not properly handled in operations on array columns.