CVE-2013-0277
EPSS 6.7%Active Record contains deserialization of arbitrary YAML
Published: 10/24/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized attributes that cause the +serialize+ helper to deserialize arbitrary YAML.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2.3.14.1
- RubyGems/activerecordfrom 0, < 2.3.17
References (13)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0277
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0277
- PATCHhttps://github.com/rails/rails/tree/v6.1.4.1/activerecord
- WEBhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
- WEBhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1028109
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2013-0277.yml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/302ec7ce90f13837?dmode=source&output=gplain
- WEBhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0277
- WEBhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- WEBhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2620
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/6