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...

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...

Thousands of websites based on Ruby on Rails vulnerable to Cookie Handling flaw

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw in its design that may allow attackers to more easily access applications. Websites that rely on Ruby on Rails's default cookie storage mechanism CookieStore are at risk. The vulnerability was actually reported two months ago, but still thousands of website are runni...

Thousands of websites based on Ruby on Rails vulnerable to Cookie Handling flaw

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw in its design that may allow attackers to more easily access applications. Websites that rely on Ruby on Rails’s default cookie storage mechanism CookieStore are at risk. The vulnerability was actually reported two months ago, but still thousands of website are runni...

Nearly 2000 Sites Vulnerable to Ruby on Rails Cookie Problem

A lingering security issue in Ruby on Rails that stems from a setting in the framework’s cookie-based storage mechanism is still present in almost 2,000 websites. Sites using an old version of Ruby on Rails that relies on CookieStore, the framework’s default cookie storage mechanism, are at risk...

Ruby on Rails JSON Processor Floating Point Heap Overflow DoS

When Ruby attempts to convert a string representation of a large floating point decimal number to its floating point equivalent, a heap-based buffer overflow can be triggered. This module has been tested successfully on a Ruby on Rails application using Ruby version 1.9.3-p448 with WebRick and Th...

Mac OS X : OS X Server < 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote Mac OS X host has a version of OS X Server installed that is prior to 3.0. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the included JSON Ruby Gem, which can be abused to exhaust all available memory resources. CVE-2013-026...

CVE-2013-4389

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in logsubscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message...

CVE-2013-4389

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in logsubscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message...

Format string

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in logsubscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message...

CVE-2013-4389

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in logsubscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message...

CVE-2013-4389

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in logsubscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message...

PT-2013-4991 · Ruby +1 · Ruby On Rails +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ruby on Rails versions prior to 3.2.15 Description: The issue concerns multiple format string vulnerabilities in the log subscriber.rb files within the log subscriber component of Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails. These vulnerabilities can be...

CVE-2013-4389

CVE-2013-4389 affecting Ruby on Rails Action Mailer 3.x (log_subscriber.rb) allows remote DoS via a crafted email address during log message construction. Connected advisories confirm the issue in rubygem-actionmailer-3.x/Action Mailer, with OpenSUSE noting a fix for the log_subscriber DoS vulner...

CVE-2013-4389 rubygem-actionmailer: email address processing DoS

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in logsubscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message...

Some Versions of Ruby on Rails Could Expose Cookies

Versions 2.0 to 4.0 of the popular open source Web framework Ruby on Rails are vulnerable to a Web security issue involving cookies that could make it much easier for someone to log in to an app as another user. According to security researcher G.S. McNamara, Ruby on Rails’ defacto session storin...

Fedora Update for rubygem-passenger FEDORA-2013-13297

Check for the Version of rubygem-passenger OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for rubygem-passenger FEDORA-2013-13297 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...