CVE-2013-6416

The CVE-2013-6416 entry concerns Ruby on Rails 4.x prior to 4.0.2, specifically a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the simple_format helper within action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute, impac...

Improper Input Validation

actionpack/lib/actionview/lookupcontext.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a header containing an invalid MIME type that leads to excessive caching...

CVE-2013-4491

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/translationhelper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generati...

CVE-2013-6417

actionpack/lib/actiondispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query...

CVE-2013-6415

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the numbertocurrency helper in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/numberhelper.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the unit parameter...

CVE-2013-6414

actionpack/lib/actionview/lookupcontext.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a header containing an invalid MIME type that leads to excessive caching...

CVE-2013-6414

CVE-2013-6414 affects Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x (before 3.2.16) and 4.x (before 4.0.2); a header with an invalid MIME type can cause excessive caching leading to memory exhaustion (DoS). Observed in user reports and PoCs (e.g., Metasploit rails_action_view.rb). OpenSUSE/Fedora advisories r...

CVE-2013-6417

actionpack/lib/actiondispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query...

CVE-2013-6414

actionpack/lib/actionview/lookupcontext.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a header containing an invalid MIME type that leads to excessive caching...

CVE-2013-6416

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the simpleformat helper in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/texthelper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute...

Incomplete fix to CVE-2013-0155 (Unsafe Query Generation Risk)

Due to the way that Rack::Request and Rails::Request interact, it is possible for a 3rd party or custom rack middleware to parse the parameters insecurely and store them in the same key that Rails uses for its own parameters. In the event that happens the application will receive unsafe parameter...

Reflective XSS Vulnerability

There is a vulnerability in the internationalisation component of Ruby on Rails. When the i18n gem is unable to provide a translation for a given string, it creates a fallback HTML string. Under certain common configurations this string can contain user input which would allow an attacker to...

rubygem-actionpack: unsafe query generation risk (incomplete fix for CVE-2013- 0155)

actionpack/lib/actiondispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query...

rubygem-actionpack: i18n missing translation XSS

It was discovered that the internationalization component of Ruby on Rails could, under certain circumstances, return a fallback HTML string that contained user input. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a reflective cross-site scripting XSS attack by providing a specially...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack security update

Updated ruby193-rubygem-actionpack packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detail...

Ruby on Rails Action View MIME Memory Exhaustion

This module exploits a Denial of Service DoS condition in Action View that requires a controller action. By sending a specially crafted content-type header to a Rails application, it is possible for it to store the invalid MIME type, and may eventually consume all memory if enough invalid MIMEs a...

XSS Vulnerability in number_to_currency

There is an XSS vulnerability in the numbertocurrency helper in Ruby on Raile. The numbertocurrency helper allows users to nicely format a numeric value. One of the parameters to the helper unit is not escaped correctly. Applications which pass user controlled data as the unit parameter are...

Reflective XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails

There is a vulnerability in the internationalization component of Ruby on Rails. Under certain common configurations an attacker can provide specially crafted input which will execute a reflective XSS attack. The root cause of this issue is a vulnerability in the i18n gem which has been assigned...

rails -- multiple vulnerabilities

Rails weblog: Rails 3.2.16 and 4.0.2 have been released! These two releases contain important security fixes, so please upgrade as soon as possible! In order to make upgrading as smooth as possible, we've only included commits directly related to each security issue. The security fixes in 3.2.16...

XSS Vulnerability in simple_format helper

There is a vulnerability in the simpleformat helper in Ruby on Rails. The simpleformat helper converts user supplied text into html text which is intended to be safe for display. A change made to the implementation of this helper means that any user provided HTML attributes will not be escaped...