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title: "CVE-2010-3933\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-3933

Publication date 28 October 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes,
which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the
names of parameters for form inputs.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3933?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rails | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

only 2.3.9 and 3.0.0

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3933)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3933)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-3933)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3933)

### Other references

* <http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2010/10/15/security-vulnerability-in-nested-attributes-code-in-ruby-on-rails-2-3-9-and-3-0-0>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3933>