The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0153 advisory.

    Ruby on Rails is a modelviewcontroller (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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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RHEL 6 : Ruby on Rails (RHSA-2013:0153)

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