Summary
The remote host is missing an update to rubygem-actionpack announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-12966.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update rubygem-actionpack' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-12966
Insight
Update Information:
Two security issues are found on activepack shipped on Fedora 10. One bug is that there is a weakness in the strip_tags function in ruby on rails (bug 542786, CVE-2009-4214). Another one is a possibility to circumvent protection against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks (bug 544329).
ChangeLog:
* Mon Dec 7 2009 Mamoru Tasaka - 2.1.1-5
- Fix for potential CSRF protection circumvention (bug 544329) - Fix for XSS weakness in strip_tags (bug 542786)
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5189, CVE-2009-3009, CVE-2009-4214 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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