Debian DSA-2260-1 : rails - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55136

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Ruby on Rails, a web application framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-3086 The cookie store may be vulnerable to a timing attack, potentially allowing remote attackers to forge message digests.

- CVE-2009-4214 A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the strip_tags function allows remote user-assisted attackers to inject arbitrary web script.

Solution

Upgrade the rails packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.0-7+lenny0.2.

For the other distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.3-2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55136

File Name: debian_DSA-2260.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/15/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3086, CVE-2009-4214

BID: 37142, 37427

CWE: 200, 79

DSA: 2260

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