Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rails (opens in a new tab)
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- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed30 Jun 2011
Introduced: 30 Jun 2011
CVE-2011-2197 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Debian.
The cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention feature in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.3.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc2 does not properly handle mutation of safe buffers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via crafted strings to an application that uses a problematic string method, as demonstrated by the sub method.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2197
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/6/8/potential-xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails-applications
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062514.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062090.html
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/663b600d4471e0d4?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44789