Debian DSA-2247-1 : rails - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55035

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, the Ruby web application framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2011-0446 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities when JavaScript encoding is used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

- CVE-2011-0447 Rails does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the rails packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-7+lenny0.1.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-1.2+squeeze0.1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55035

File Name: debian_DSA-2247.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/10/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rails, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0446, CVE-2011-0447

BID: 46291

DSA: 2247

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