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Gentoo: GLSA-201412-28 High: Ruby on Rails Code Execution Risk

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Multiple security flaws in Ruby on Rails can lead to significant risks including arbitrary code execution and denial-of-service attacks. Upgrading recommended.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Ruby on Rails, the worst of which allowing for execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby on Rails. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo code execution remote attack software upgrade ruby on rails

Resolution

All Ruby on Rails 2.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rails-2.3.18"
NOTE: All applications using Ruby on Rails should also be configured to use the latest version available by running "rake rails:update" inside the application directory.
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA and stable updates for Ruby on Rails, including the unaffected version listed above, are no longer available from Gentoo. It may be possible to upgrade to the 3.2, 4.0, or 4.1 branches, however these packages are not currently stable.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3933 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3933 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-0446 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0446 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-0447 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0447 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-0448 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0448 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-0449 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0449 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-2929 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2929 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-2930 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2930 [ 8 ] CVE-2011-2931 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2931 [ 9 ] CVE-2011-2932 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2932 [ 10 ] CVE-2011-3186 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3186 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-0155 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0155 [ 12 ] CVE-2013-0156 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0156 [ 13 ] CVE-2013-0276 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-28
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Ruby on Rails: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 14, 2014
Bugs: #354249, #379511, #386377, #450974, #453844, #456840, #462452
ID: 201412-28

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo code execution remote attack software upgrade ruby on rails

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Ruby on Rails, the worst of which allowing for execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Ruby on Rails is a web-application and persistence framework.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-ruby/rails < 2.3.18 >= 2.3.18 * ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Packages marked with asterisks require manual intervention!

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary SQL commands, change parameter names for form inputs and make changes to arbitrary records in the system, bypass intended access restrictions, render arbitrary views, inject arbitrary web script or HTML, or conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.