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Red Hat Software Collections RHSA-2016:1856-01 Moderate XSS Issue

An update for rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1856-01 Product: Red Hat Software Collections Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1856.html Issue date: 2016-09-13 CVE Names: CVE-2016-6316 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch 3. Description: Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller (MVC) framework for web application development. Action View implements the view component. Security Fix(es): * It wasdiscovered that Action View tag helpers did not escape quotes when using strings declared as HTML safe as attribute values. A remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2016-6316) Red Hat would like to thank the Ruby on Rails project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Andrew Carpenter (Critical Juncture) as the original reporter. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running applications using rh-ror41-rubygem-actionviewmust be restarted for this update to take effect. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1365008 - CVE-2016-6316 rubygem-actionview: cross-site scripting flaw in Action View 6. Package List: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el6.noarch.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v.7): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.src.rpm noarch: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-doc-4.1.5-6.el7.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6316 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFX198pXlSAg2UNWIIRAtaRAJ40rTGE5OQvJcSTDcLGzfGfgD1J8wCfcDTw qa6PQ0emQrhPkLNKUjpFGpA=K/Ov -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . A critical patch has been rolled out for rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack, targeting an important CSRF vulnerability, reinforcing application integrity.. Red Hat Software, Ruby on Rails, Action View, XSS Issues. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 13, 2016 Red Hat