Debian DSA-2247-1 Critical: Rails XSS And CSRF Issues Resolved
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May 31, 2011
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, the Ruby web application framework
Summary
CVE-2011-0446
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities when JavaScript
encoding is used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML.
CVE-2011-0447
Rails does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an
X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0-7+lenny0.1.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.5-1.2+squeeze0.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.11-0.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your rails packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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