ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized attributes that cause the +serialize+ helper to deserialize arbitrary YAML.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-28 (Ruby on Rails: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

The Ruby on Rails 2.3 stack was updated to 2.3.17. The Ruby on Rails 3.2 stack was updated to 3.2.12.

The Ruby Rack was updated to 1.1.6. The Ruby Rack was updated to 1.2.8. The Ruby Rack was updated to 1.3.10. The Ruby Rack was updated to 1.4.5.

The updates fix various security issues and bugs.

  - update to version 2.3.17 (bnc#803336, bnc#803339)     CVE-2013-0276 CVE-2013-0277 :

  - update to version 3.2.12 (bnc#803336) CVE-2013-0276 :

  - update to version 3.2.12 (bnc#803336) CVE-2013-0276:
    issue with attr_protected where malformed input could     circumvent protection

  - update to version 2.3.17 (bnc#803336, bnc#803339)     CVE-2013-0276 CVE-2013-0277 :

  - Fix issue with attr_protected where malformed input     could circumvent protection

  - Fix Serialized Attributes YAML Vulnerability

  - update to version 2.3.17 (bnc#803336, bnc#803339)     CVE-2013-0276 CVE-2013-0277 :

  - Fix issue with attr_protected where malformed input     could circumvent protection

  - Fix Serialized Attributes YAML Vulnerability

  - update to version 3.2.12 (bnc#803336) CVE-2013-0276 :

  - Quote numeric values being compared to non-numeric     columns. Otherwise, in some database, the string column     values will be coerced to a numeric allowing 0, 0.0 or     false to match any string starting with a non-digit.

  - update to 1.1.6 (bnc#802794)

  - Fix CVE-2013-0263, timing attack against     Rack::Session::Cookie

  - update to 1.2.8 (bnc#802794)

  - Fix CVE-2013-0263, timing attack against     Rack::Session::Cookie

  - update to 1.3.10 (bnc#802794)

  - Fix CVE-2013-0263, timing attack against     Rack::Session::Cookie

  - ruby rack update to 1.4.5 (bnc#802794 bnc#802795)

  - Fix CVE-2013-0263, timing attack against     Rack::Session::Cookie

  - Fix CVE-2013-0262, symlink path traversal in Rack::File

  - ruby rack update to 1.4.4 (bnc#798452)

  - [SEC] Rack::Auth::AbstractRequest no longer symbolizes     arbitrary strings (CVE-2013-0184)

  - ruby rack changes from 1.4.3

  - Security: Prevent unbounded reads in large multipart     boundaries (CVE-2013-0183)

  - ruby rack changes from 1.4.2 (CVE-2012-6109)

  - Add warnings when users do not provide a session secret

  - Fix parsing performance for unquoted filenames

  - Updated URI backports

  - Fix URI backport version matching, and silence constant     warnings

  - Correct parameter parsing with empty values

  - Correct rackup '-I' flag, to allow multiple uses

  - Correct rackup pidfile handling

  - Report rackup line numbers correctly

  - Fix request loops caused by non-stale nonces with time     limits

  - Fix reloader on Windows

  - Prevent infinite recursions from Response#to_ary

  - Various middleware better conforms to the body close     specification

  - Updated language for the body close specification

  - Additional notes regarding ECMA escape compatibility     issues

  - Fix the parsing of multiple ranges in range headers

  - Prevent errors from empty parameter keys

  - Added PATCH verb to Rack::Request

  - Various documentation updates

  - Fix session merge semantics (fixes rack-test)

  - Rack::Static :index can now handle multiple directories

  - All tests now utilize Rack::Lint (special thanks to Lars     Gierth)

  - Rack::File cache_control parameter is now deprecated,     and removed by 1.5

  - Correct Rack::Directory script name escaping

  - Rack::Static supports header rules for sophisticated     configurations

  - Multipart parsing now works without a Content-Length     header

  - New logos courtesy of Zachary Scott!

  - Rack::BodyProxy now explicitly defines #each, useful for     C extensions

  - Cookies that are not URI escaped no longer cause     exceptions

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7 that does not have Security Update 2013-002 applied.  This update contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components :

  - CoreMedia Playback (10.7 only)
  - Directory Service (10.6 only)
  - OpenSSL
  - QuickDraw Manager
  - QuickTime
  - Ruby (10.6 only)
  - SMB (10.7 only)

Fix for CVE-2013-0277.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Ruby on Rails, a Ruby framework for web application development.

  - CVE-2013-0276     The blacklist provided by the attr_protected method     could be bypassed with crafted requests, having an     application-specific impact.

  - CVE-2013-0277     In some applications, the +serialize+ helper in     ActiveRecord could be tricked into deserializing     arbitrary YAML data, possibly leading to remote code     execution.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
79981	GLSA-201412-28 : Ruby on Rails: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
74900	openSUSE Security Update : RubyOnRails (openSUSE-SU-2013:0338-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
66809	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2013-002)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
64734	Fedora 17 : rubygem-activerecord-3.0.11-6.fc17 (2013-2351)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
64591	Debian DSA-2620-1 : rails - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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