medium4.3
CVE-2013-1855
The sanitize_css method in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3…
Impact
The sanitize_css method in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle \n (newline) characters, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rubyonrails | Rails | Versions 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5 |
| Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | through 2.3.17 Versions 0.5.0, 0.5.5, 0.5.6, 0.5.7, 0.6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 6.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0698.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8ed835a97cdd1afd?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0698.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8ed835a97cdd1afd?dmode=source&output=gplain