CVE-2012-6496: Active Record contains SQL Injection

CVE-2012-6496 · Severity: info · Published 2017-10-24

Active Record contains SQL Injection

Technologies: activerecord (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2012-6496 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-6496 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2012-6496?
Informational severity, published 24 October 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
activerecord (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.0.0.beta,fixed=3.0.18.
Is there a fix for CVE-2012-6496?
Yes. activerecord (RubyGems): upgrade to 3.0.18 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2012-6496?
Check whether you run activerecord (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • activerecord (RubyGems): upgrade to 3.0.18 or later
    bundle update activerecord

Affected products

  • activerecord (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.0.0.beta,fixed=3.0.18

Identifiers

  • CVE-2012-6496
  • GHSA-gh2w-j7cx-2664

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