Summary
The remote host is missing an update to rails
announced via advisory DSA 2247-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202247-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, the Ruby web application framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2011-0446
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities when JavaScript encoding is used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
CVE-2011-0447
Rails does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-7+lenny0.1.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-1.2+squeeze0.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.11-0.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your rails packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0446, CVE-2011-0447 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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