- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2466-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst May 09, 2012 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : rails Vulnerability : cross site scripting Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2012-1099 Debian Bug : 668607 Sergey Nartimov discovered that in Rails, a Ruby based framework for web development, when developers generate html options tags manually, user input concatenated with manually built tags may not be escaped and an attacker can inject arbitrary HTML into the document. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-1.2+squeeze3. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and 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-2466-1: rails security update
Sergey Nartimov discovered that in Rails, a Ruby based framework for web development, when developers generate html options tags manually, user input concatenated with manually built tags may not be escaped and an attacker can inject arbitrary HTML into the document.
