GLSA 200608-20: Ruby on Rails: Several vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Ruby on Rails: Several vulnerabilities
Date:	08/14/2006
Bugs:	#143369
ID:	200608-20

Synopsis

Ruby on Rails has some weaknesses potentially allowing a Denial of Service and maybe the remote execution of arbitrary Ruby scripts.

Background

Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-ruby/rails	< 1.1.6	>= 1.1.6	All supported architectures

Description

The Ruby on Rails developers have corrected some weaknesses in action_controller/, relative to the handling of the user input and the LOAD_PATH variable. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary entries into the LOAD_PATH variable and alter the main Ruby on Rails process. The security hole has only been partly solved in version 1.1.5. Version 1.1.6 now fully corrects it.

Impact

A remote attacker that would exploit these weaknesses might cause a Denial of Service of the web framework and maybe inject arbitrary Ruby scripts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ruby on Rails users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rails-1.1.6"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.