- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2301-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Luciano Bello September 5, 2011 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : rails Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2011-2930 CVE-2011-2931 CVE-2011-3186 CVE-2009-4214 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, the Ruby web application framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-4214 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability had been found in the strip_tags function. An attacker may inject non-printable characters that certain browsers will then evaluate. This vulnerability only affects the oldstable distribution (lenny). CVE-2011-2930 A SQL injection vulnerability had been found in the quote_table_name method could allow malicious users to inject arbitrary SQL into a query. CVE-2011-2931 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability had been found in the strip_tags helper. An parsing error can be exploited by an attacker, who can confuse the parser and may inject HTML tags into the output document. CVE-2011-3186 A newline (CRLF) injection vulnerability had been found in response.rb. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the Content-Type header. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-7+lenny1. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-1.2+squeeze1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.14. 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: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-2301-1: rails security update
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, the Ruby web application framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
