FreeBSD : rubygem-rails -- JSON XSS vulnerability (44fb0302-9d38-11dc-9114-001c2514716c)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 28350

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Rails core team reports :

All users of Rails 1.2.4 or earlier are advised to upgrade to 1.2.5, though it isn't strictly necessary if you aren't working with JSON.
For more information the JSON vulnerability, see CVE-2007-3227.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?09c2db84

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 28350

File Name: freebsd_pkg_44fb03029d3811dc9114001c2514716c.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 11/29/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-activesupport, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-rails, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3227

CWE: 79