NVD - CVE-2013-1855

CVE-2013-1855 Detail

Description

The sanitize_css method in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle \n (newline) characters, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 03/19/2013

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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0698.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8ed835a97cdd1afd?dmode=source&output=gplain

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

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Change History

3 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 9/28/2015 12:28:30 PM

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CPE Configuration

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Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.16

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Configuration 1
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
          *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-1855
NVD Published Date:
03/19/2013
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2015

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