Fix for CVE-2013-0155 and CVE-2013-0156.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0153 advisory.

    Ruby on Rails is a modelviewcontroller (MVC) framework for web     application development. Action Pack implements the controller and the view     components. Active Support provides support and utility classes used by the     Ruby on Rails framework.

    Multiple flaws were found in the way Ruby on Rails performed XML parameter     parsing in HTTP requests. A remote attacker could use these flaws to     execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a Ruby on Rails application,     perform SQL injection attacks, or bypass the authentication using a     specially-created HTTP request. (CVE-2013-0156)

    Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for the CVE-2013-0156 issues is     available that allows remote code execution in applications using Ruby on     Rails.

    All users of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise are advised to upgrade to these     updated packages, which correct these issues. For Red Hat OpenShift     Enterprise administrators, the openshift-broker and openshift-console     services must be restarted for this update to take effect. Users of     OpenShift are advised to update their own applications that are running     Ruby on Rails.

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

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

This update updates the RubyOnRails 2.3 stack to 2.3.16, also this update updates the RubyOnRails 3.2 stack to 3.2.11.

Security and bugfixes were done, foremost: CVE-2013-0333: A JSON sql/code injection problem was fixed. CVE-2012-5664: A SQL Injection Vulnerability in Active Record was fixed. CVE-2012-2695: A SQL injection via nested hashes in conditions was fixed. CVE-2013-0155:
Unsafe Query Generation Risk in Ruby on Rails was fixed.
CVE-2013-0156: Multiple vulnerabilities in parameter parsing in Action Pack were fixed.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7 that does not have Security Update 2013-001 applied.  This update contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Apache
  - CoreTypes (10.7 only)
  - International Components for Unicode
  - Identity Services (10.7 only)
  - ImageIO
  - Messages Server (Server only)
  - PDFKit
  - Podcast Producer Server (Server only)
  - PostgreSQL (Server only)
  - Profile Manager (10.7 Server only)
  - QuickTime
  - Ruby (10.6 Server only)
  - Security
  - Software Update
  - Wiki Server (10.7 Server only)

Note that the update also runs a malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of malware.

Import patches 633974b2759d9b92 and 4540e7102b803624 from uptream to remove symbol and YAML coercion from the XML parser.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Updated rubygem-actionpack, rubygem-activesupport, and rubygem-activerecord packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical 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. Active Record implements object-relational mapping for accessing database entries using objects. Active Support provides support and utility classes used by the Ruby on Rails framework.

Multiple flaws were found in the way Ruby on Rails performed XML parameter parsing in HTTP requests. A remote attacker could use these flaws to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a Ruby on Rails application, perform SQL injection attacks, or bypass the authentication using a specially-created HTTP request. (CVE-2013-0156)

Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for the CVE-2013-0156 issues is available that allows remote code execution in applications using Ruby on Rails.

Multiple input validation vulnerabilities were discovered in rubygem-activerecord. A remote attacker could possibly use these flaws to perform a SQL injection attack against an application using rubygem-activerecord. (CVE-2012-2661, CVE-2012-2695, CVE-2012-6496, CVE-2013-0155)

Multiple input validation vulnerabilities were discovered in rubygem-actionpack. A remote attacker could possibly use these flaws to perform a SQL injection attack against an application using rubygem-actionpack and rubygem-activerecord. (CVE-2012-2660, CVE-2012-2694)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in rubygem-actionpack. A remote attacker could use these flaws to conduct XSS attacks against users of an application using rubygem-actionpack.
(CVE-2012-3463, CVE-2012-3464, CVE-2012-3465)

A flaw was found in the HTTP digest authentication implementation in rubygem-actionpack. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service of an application using rubygem-actionpack and digest authentication. (CVE-2012-3424)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated rubygem-actionpack, rubygem-activesupport, and rubygem-activerecord packages, which resolve these issues. Katello must be restarted ('service katello restart') for this update to take effect.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
63635	Fedora 18 : rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-2.fc18 / rubygem-activerecord-3.2.8-3.fc18 / etc (2013-0568)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/21/2013	1/11/2021	high
119429	RHEL 6 : Ruby on Rails (RHSA-2013:0153)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	12/6/2018	4/15/2025	high
74881	openSUSE Security Update : ruby (openSUSE-SU-2013:0278-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2014	1/19/2021	high
65578	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2013-001)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	3/15/2013	5/28/2024	high
63657	Fedora 16 : rubygem-actionpack-3.0.10-10.fc16 / rubygem-activemodel-3.0.10-2.fc16 / etc (2013-0686)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/23/2013	1/11/2021	high
82157	Debian DLA-172-1 : libextlib-ruby security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/26/2015	1/11/2021	high
64076	RHEL 6 : Ruby on Rails in Subscription Asset Manager (RHSA-2013:0154)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	1/24/2013	1/14/2021	high

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