Check Point Advisories

Ruby on Rails Hash SQL Injection (CVE-2012-2695)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-368
Date Published:	14 Oct 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 24 February, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-2695
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability has been reported in Ruby on Rails Active Record. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation while handling hash values. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted request to the target server. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to view or manipulate data on the target server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block specially crafted requests sent to the target.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Ruby on Rails Hash SQL Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Ruby on Rails hash SQL injection