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RHEL 6 : rubygem-actionpack and ruby193-rubygem-actionpack (RHSA-2013:0698)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 119434
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated rubygem-actionpack and ruby193-rubygem-actionpack packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.1.3.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller (MVC) framework for web application development. Action Pack implements the controller and the view components.
Two cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in rubygem-actionpack and ruby193-rubygem-actionpack. A remote attacker could use these flaws to conduct XSS attacks against users of an application using rubygem-actionpack or ruby193-rubygem-actionpack. (CVE-2013-1855, CVE-2013-1857)
Red Hat would like to thank Ruby on Rails upstream for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Charlie Somerville as the original reporter of CVE-2013-1855, and Alan Jenkins as the original reporter of CVE-2013-1857.
Users of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.1.3 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues.
Solution
Update the affected ruby193-rubygem-actionpack, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc and / or rubygem-actionpack packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0698
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 119434
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0698.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/6/2018
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-actionpack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-actionpack, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1855, CVE-2013-1857
RHSA: 2013:0698