CVE-2014-3482

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb in the PostgreSQL adapter for Active Record in Ruby on Rails 2.x and 3.x before 3.2.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by leveraging improper bitstring quoting.

Affected products

Ruby on Rails: 2.0.0, 2.0.0-rc1, 2.0.0-rc2, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.4 (+117)
rubyonrails Ruby On Rails: 2.3.17, 3.0.4

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/5
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0876.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59973
http://secunia.com/advisories/60214
http://secunia.com/advisories/60763
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2982
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68343
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/wDxePLJGZdI/WP7EasCJTA4J
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/5
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0876.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59973
http://secunia.com/advisories/60214

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