Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20166317000
Revision Date:2016-09-07Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-6317 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Action Record in Ruby on Rails 4.2.x before 4.2.7.1 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query restrictions and perform NULL checks or trigger missing WHERE clauses via a crafted request, as demonstrated by certain "[nil]" values, a related issue to CVE-2012-2660, CVE-2012-2694, and CVE-2013-0155.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-6317
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'rails' package in xenial is not affected (note: '2:4.2.7.1-1').
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