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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-20 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Ruby on Rails: Several vulnerabilities |
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Date: August 14, 2006 |
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Bugs: #143369 |
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ID: 200608-20 |
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Synopsis |
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Ruby on Rails has some weaknesses potentially allowing a Denial of |
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Service and maybe the remote execution of arbitrary Ruby scripts. |
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Background |
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Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-ruby/rails < 1.1.6 >= 1.1.6 |
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Description |
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The Ruby on Rails developers have corrected some weaknesses in |
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action_controller/, relative to the handling of the user input and the |
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LOAD_PATH variable. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary entries |
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into the LOAD_PATH variable and alter the main Ruby on Rails process. |
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The security hole has only been partly solved in version 1.1.5. Version |
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1.1.6 now fully corrects it. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker that would exploit these weaknesses might cause a |
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Denial of Service of the web framework and maybe inject arbitrary Ruby |
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scripts. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Ruby on Rails users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rails-1.1.6" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Ruby on Rails original advisory (1.1.5) |
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http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits |
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[ 2 ] Ruby on Rails update (1.1.6) |
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http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/10/rails-1-1-6-backports-and-full-disclosure |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |