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Fedora 10: 2009-12966 Moderate: Rubygem-Actionpack CSRF and XSS Fix

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Two significant vulnerabilities in rubygem-actionpack on Fedora 10 addressed to bolster defenses against CSRF and XSS threats.
Two security issues are found on activepack shipped on Fedora 10

Summary

Eases web-request routing, handling, and response as a half-way front,

half-way page controller. Implemented with specific emphasis on enabling easy

unit/integration testing that doesn't require a browser.

Update Information:

Two security issues are found on activepack shipped on Fedora 10. One bug is that there is a weakness in the strip_tags function in ruby on rails (bug 542786, CVE-2009-4214). Another one is a possibility to circumvent protection against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks (bug 544329). This new rpm will fix these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora XSS CSRF rubygem-actionpack

Change Log

* Mon Dec 7 2009 Mamoru Tasaka - 2.1.1-5 - Fix for potential CSRF protection circumvention (bug 544329) - Fix for XSS weakness in strip_tags (bug 542786) * Mon Sep 21 2009 Mamoru Tasaka - 2.1.1-3 - Patch for CVE-2009-3009 (bug 520843) * Thu Feb 26 2009 Jeroen van Meeuwen - 2.1.1-2 - Fix CVE-2008-5189

References


[ 1 ] Bug #542786 - rubygem-actionpack: XSS weakness in strip_tags https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542786 [ 2 ] Bug #544329 - rubygem-actionpack: Potential CSRF protection circumvention https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544329

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update rubygem-actionpack' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: rubygem-actionpack
Product: Fedora 10
Version: 2.1.1
Release: 5.fc10
URL: https://rubyonrails.org/
Summary: Web-flow and rendering framework putting the VC in MVC

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora XSS CSRF rubygem-actionpack

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