7.5 - RHSA-2014:1102

Problem Description:

Updated ror40-rubygem-activerecord packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

3. Description:

Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller (MVC) framework for web application development. Active Record implements object-relational mapping for accessing database entries using objects.

It was discovered that Active Record's create_with method failed to properly check attributes passed to it. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass the strong parameter protection and modify arbitrary model attributes via mass assignment if an application using Active Record called create_with with untrusted values. (CVE-2014-3514)

All ror40-rubygem-activerecord users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1131240 - CVE-2014-3514 rubygem-activerecord: Strong Parameter bypass with create_with