Ruby on Rails redirect_to() HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:rubyonrails:rails";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800144");
  script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-27 14:04:10 +0100 (Thu, 27 Nov 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5189");
  script_name("Ruby on Rails redirect_to() HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_rails_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("rails/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/10/19/response-splitting-risk");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32359");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/10/20/header-injection-and-response-splitting.html");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attack could lead to execution of arbitrary HTML or scripting code
  in the context of an affected application or allow Cross Site Request Forgery
  (CSRF), Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and HTTP Request Smuggling Attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ruby on Rails Version before 2.0.5 on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Input passed to the redirect_to()function is not properly sanitized before
  being used.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ruby on Rails is prone to a HTTP Header injection vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.0.5 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include( "version_func.inc" );
include( "host_details.inc" );

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "2.0.5" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.0.5", install_path: location );
  security_message( data: report, port: port );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );