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Red Hat OpenShift: RHSA-2013:0153-01 Critical Ruby on Rails Exec Issue

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Calendar Grey January 10, 2013
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Updated rubygem-actionpack, rubygem-activesupport, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack, and ruby193-rubygem-activesupport packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Re...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

Ruby on Rails is a model–view–controller (MVC) framework for web application development. Action Pack implements the controller and the view components. Active Support provides support and utility classes used by the Ruby on Rails framework.
Multiple flaws were found in the way Ruby on Rails performed XML parameter parsing in HTTP requests. A remote attacker could use these flaws to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a Ruby on Rails application, perform SQL injection attacks, or bypass the authentication using a specially-created HTTP request. (CVE-2013-0156)
Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for the CVE-2013-0156 issues is available that allows remote code execution in applications using Ruby on Rails.
All users of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. For Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise administrators, the openshift-broker and openshift-console services must be restarted for this update to take effect. Users of OpenShift are advised to update their own applications that are running Ruby on Rails.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution remote execution Ruby on Rails Red Hat OpenShift parameter parsing

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0156 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/solutions/290903

Package List

RedHat OpenShift Enterprise Infrastructure:
Source:
noarch: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-2.el6.noarch.rpm ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-2.el6.noarch.rpm ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-3.2.8-3.el6.noarch.rpm rubygem-actionpack-3.0.13-2.1.el6op.noarch.rpm rubygem-activesupport-3.0.13-2.el6op.noarch.rpm
RedHat OpenShift Enterprise Node:
Source:
noarch: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-2.el6.noarch.rpm ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-2.el6.noarch.rpm ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-3.2.8-3.el6.noarch.rpm rubygem-activesupport-3.0.13-2.el6op.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0153-01
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0153.html
Issue date: 2013-01-10

Topic

Updated rubygem-actionpack, rubygem-activesupport,ruby193-rubygem-actionpack, and ruby193-rubygem-activesupport packages thatfix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat OpenShiftEnterprise 1.0.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution remote execution Ruby on Rails Red Hat OpenShift parameter parsing

Relevant Releases Architectures

RedHat OpenShift Enterprise Infrastructure - noarch

RedHat OpenShift Enterprise Node - noarch

Bugs Fixed

892870 - CVE-2013-0156 rubygem-activesupport: Multiple vulnerabilities in parameter parsing in ActionPack

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