ghsa-v9v4-7jp6-8c73
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2023-04-20 21:47
Summary
rails Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Details

The cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention feature in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.3.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc2 does not properly handle mutation of safe buffers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via crafted strings to an application that uses a problematic string method, as demonstrated by the sub method.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c 2.3.11"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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    },
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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        "name": "activesupport"
      },
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              "fixed": "2.3.12"
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      "database_specific": {
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      },
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      },
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        {
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            {
              "introduced": "3.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2011-2197"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:57:17Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2011-06-30T15:55:01Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention feature in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.3.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc2 does not properly handle mutation of safe buffers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via crafted strings to an application that uses a problematic string method, as demonstrated by the sub method.",
  "id": "GHSA-v9v4-7jp6-8c73",
  "modified": "2023-04-20T21:47:18Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:38Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2197"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/53a2c0baf2b128dd4808eca313256f6f4bb8c4cd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ed3796434af6069ced6a641293cf88eef3b284da"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/NZKoz/b2ceb626fc2bcdfe497f"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2011-2197.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/663b600d4471e0d4?dmode=source\u0026output=gplain"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062514.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062090.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/6/8/potential-xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails-applications"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "rails Cross-site Scripting vulnerability"
}


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