The redirect_to method in Rails allows provided values to contain characters which are not legal in an HTTP header value. This results in the potential for downstream services which enforce RFC compliance on HTTP response headers to remove the assigned Location header.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4383 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4383-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     November 25, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : rails     Version        : 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u3     CVE ID         : CVE-2022-44566 CVE-2023-28362 CVE-2023-38037 CVE-2024-41128                      CVE-2024-47887 CVE-2024-47888 CVE-2024-47889 CVE-2024-54133     Debian Bug     : 1030050 1051057 1051058 1085376 1089755

    rails a popular server side application framework was affected by multiple     vulnerabilities.

    CVE-2022-44566

        Given a value outside the range for a 64bit signed integer type         PostgreSQL will treat the column type as numeric. Comparing         integer values against numeric values can result in a slow         sequential scan.
        This behavior is configurable via         ActiveRecord::Base.raise_int_wider_than_64bit which         defaults to true.

    CVE-2023-28362

        The redirect_to method in Rails allows provided values         to contain characters which are not legal in an HTTP header         value. This results in the potential for downstream services         which enforce RFC compliance on HTTP response headers to remove         the assigned Location header.

    CVE-2023-38037

        ActiveSupport::EncryptedFile writes contents that will be         encrypted to a temporary file. The temporary file's permissions         are defaulted to the user's current `umask` settings, meaning         that it's possible for other users on the same system to read         the contents of the temporary file. Attackers that have access         to the file system could possibly read the contents of this         temporary file while a user is editing it

    CVE-2024-41128

        Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding         to web requests. There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in         the query parameter filtering routines of Action Dispatch.
        Carefully crafted query parameters can cause query parameter         filtering to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly         resulting in a DoS vulnerability.

    CVE-2024-47887

        Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding         to web requests. There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in         Action Controller's HTTP Token authentication.
        For applications using HTTP Token authentication via         `authenticate_or_request_with_http_token` or similar,         a carefully crafted header may cause header parsing         to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting         in a DoS vulnerability

    CVE-2024-47888

        Action Text brings rich text content and editing to Rails.
        There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the         `plain_text_for_blockquote_node helper` in Action Text.
        Carefully crafted text can cause the `plain_text_for_blockquote_node`         helper to take an unexpected amount of time,         possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability.

    CVE-2024-47889

        Action Mailer is a framework for designing email service layers.
        There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the block_format helper         in Action Mailer. Carefully crafted text can cause the block_format         helper to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly         resulting in a DoS vulnerability.

    CVE-2024-54133

        Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding         to web requests. There is a possible Cross Site Scripting (XSS)         vulnerability in the `content_security_policy` helper.
        Applications which set Content-Security-Policy (CSP) headers dynamically         from untrusted user input may be vulnerable to carefully crafted         inputs being able to inject new directives into the CSP.
        This could lead to a bypass of the CSP and its protection         against XSS and other attacks

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your rails packages.

    For the detailed security status of rails please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/rails

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5881 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5881-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     March 17, 2025                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : rails     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-28362 CVE-2023-38037 CVE-2024-26144 CVE-2024-28103                      CVE-2024-41128 CVE-2024-47887 CVE-2024-47888 CVE-2024-47889                      CVE-2024-54133

    Multiple security issues were discovered in the Rails web framework     which could result cross-site scripting, information disclosure, denial     of service or bypass of content security policies.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your rails packages.

    For the detailed security status of rails please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/rails

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The redirect_to method in Rails allows provided values to contain characters which are not legal in an     HTTP header value. This results in the potential for downstream services which enforce RFC compliance on     HTTP response headers to remove the assigned Location header. (CVE-2023-28362)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7851 advisory.

    Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations     to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide     public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It     performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard     operating environments.

    Security fix(es):

    * rubygem-actionpack: actionpack: Possible XSS via User Supplied Values to redirect_to     [rhn_satellite_6.14] (CVE-2023-28362)

    * foreman: World readable file containing secrets [rhn_satellite_6.14] (CVE-2023-4886)

    * python-urllib3: urllib3: Request body not stripped after redirect from 303 status changes request method     to GET [rhn_satellite_6-default] (CVE-2023-45803 )

    *  python-gitpython: GitPython: Blind local file inclusion [rhn_satellite_6-default] (CVE-2023-41040)

    This update fixes the following bugs:

    2250342 - REX job finished with exit code 0 but the script failed on client side due to no space.
    2250343 - Selinux denials are reported after following Chapter 13. Managing Custom File Type Content     chapter step by step     2250344 - Long running postgres threads during content-export     2250345 - Upgrade django-import-export package to at least 3.1.0     2250349 - After upstream repo switched to zst compression, Satellite 6.12.5.1 unable to sync     2250350 - Slow generate applicability for Hosts with multiple modulestreams installed     2250352 - Recalculate button for Errata is not available on Satellite 6.13/ Satellite 6.14 if no errata is     present     2250351 - Actions::ForemanLeapp::PreupgradeJob fails with null value in column preupgrade_report_id     violates not-null constraint when run with non-admin user     2251799 - REX Template for 'convert2rhel analyze' command     2254085 - Getting '/usr/sbin/foreman-rake db:migrate' returned 1 instead of one of [0] ERROR while trying     to upgrade Satellite 6.13 to 6.14     2254080 - satellite-convert2rhel-toolkit rpm v1.0.0 in 6.14.z

    Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated     packages, which fix these bugs.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3229-1 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
276881	Debian dla-4383 : rails - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
232892	Debian dsa-5881 : rails - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
232154	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-28362	Nessus	Misc.	medium
194386	RHEL 8 : Satellite 6.14.1 Async Security Update (Moderate) (RHSA-2023:7851)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
179571	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : rubygem-actionpack-5_1 (SUSE-SU-2023:3229-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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