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CVE-2013-0256 Detail

Description

darkfish.js in RDoc 2.3.0 through 3.12 and 4.x before 4.0.0.preview2.1, as used in Ruby, does not properly generate documents, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL.


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Evaluator Impact

Per http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/ Affected versions All ruby 1.9 versions prior to ruby 1.9.3 patchlevel 383 All ruby 2.0 versions prior to ruby 2.0.0 rc2 or prior to trunk revision 39102

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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.segment7.net/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-vulnerability-cve-2013-0256-releases-3-9-5-3-12-1-4-0-0-rc-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://blog.segment7.net/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-vulnerability-cve-2013-0256-releases-3-9-5-3-12-1-4-0-0-rc-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00048.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00048.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0728.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0728.html Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/ Vendor Advisory 
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/ Vendor Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820 Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820 Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/commit/ffa87887ee0517793df7541629a470e331f9fe60 Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/commit/ffa87887ee0517793df7541629a470e331f9fe60 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-0256
NVD Published Date:
03/01/2013
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.