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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2247-1 (rails)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to rails announced via advisory DSA 2247-1.
Insight
Insight
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. 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. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.11-0.1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your rails packages.