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CVE-2011-2931 Detail

Current Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplain Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436 Patch
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037a Patch

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.1:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.2:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.4:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.1.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2931
NVD Published Date:
08/29/2011
NVD Last Modified:
07/06/2012