--- title: "CVE-2012-2661\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2661?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-2661 Publication date 22 June 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.13, 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.4 does not properly implement the passing of request data to a where method in an ActiveRecord class, which allows remote attackers to conduct certain SQL injection attacks via nested query parameters that leverage unintended recursion, a related issue to CVE-2012-2695. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2661?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | rails | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | ruby-rails-2.3 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | --- * [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 --- ### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks) Fixed in upstream version 3.2.4, 3.1.5, 3.0.13 2.3.x is not affected ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2661) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2661) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2661) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2661) ### Other references *