Debian: DSA-3509-1: rails security update
Debian: DSA-3509-1: rails security update
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, a web application framework written in Ruby. Both vulnerabilities affect Action Pack, which handles the web requests for Rails.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3509-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Luciano Bello March 09, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : rails CVE ID : CVE-2016-2097 CVE-2016-2098 Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, a web application framework written in Ruby. Both vulnerabilities affect Action Pack, which handles the web requests for Rails. CVE-2016-2097 Crafted requests to Action View, one of the components of Action Pack, might result in rendering files from arbitrary locations, including files beyond the application's view directory. This vulnerability is the result of an incomplete fix of CVE-2016-0752. This bug was found by Jyoti Singh and Tobias Kraze from Makandra. CVE-2016-2098 If a web applications does not properly sanitize user inputs, an attacker might control the arguments of the render method in a controller or a view, resulting in the possibility of executing arbitrary ruby code. This bug was found by Tobias Kraze from Makandra and joernchen of Phenoelit. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.1.8-1+deb8u2. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.2.5.2-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.2.5.2-1. 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: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
