FreeBSD : rubygem-rails -- multiple vulnerabilities (31db9a18-e289-11e1-a57d-080027a27dbf)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61480

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Synopsis

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

Description

Rails core team reports :

This version contains three important security fixes, please upgrade immediately.

One of security fixes impacts all users and is related to HTML escaping code. The other two fixes impacts people using select_tag's prompt option and strip_tags helper from ActionPack.

CVE-2012-3463 Potential XSS Vulnerability in select_tag prompt.

CVE-2012-3464 Potential XSS Vulnerability in the HTML escaping code.

CVE-2012-3465 XSS Vulnerability in strip_tags.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61480

File Name: freebsd_pkg_31db9a18e28911e1a57d080027a27dbf.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 8/10/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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-actionpack, 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: 8/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3463, CVE-2012-3464, CVE-2012-3465

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