ubuntu-cve-2015-7577
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-02-16 02:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionmailer",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionpack",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionview",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activejob",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activemodel",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activerecord",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activesupport",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-railties",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "rails",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rails@2:4.2.6-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:4.2.6-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:4.1.10-1",
        "2:4.2.5-1",
        "2:4.2.5.1-1",
        "2:4.2.5.2-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7577",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:56Z",
  "published": "2016-02-16T02:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7577"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7577"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-7577"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:17Z"
}



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