Debian: DSA-2830-1: ruby-i18n security update

Date30 Dec 2013

CategoryDebian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Peter McLarnan discovered that the internationalization component of Ruby on Rails does not properly encode parameters in generated HTML code, resulting in a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This update corrects the underlying vulnerability in the i18n gem, as provided by

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2830-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weiemr
December 30, 2013 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ruby-i18n
Vulnerability : cross-site scripting
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2013-4492

Peter McLarnan discovered that the internationalization component of
Ruby on Rails does not properly encode parameters in generated HTML
code, resulting in a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This update
corrects the underlying vulnerability in the i18n gem, as provided by
the ruby-i18n package.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected by this problem;
the libi18n-ruby package does not contain the vulnerable code.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.6.0-3+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.6.9-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-i18n 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/

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