Message-ID: <20091220123332.75983d25@mail.a3li.li>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:33:32 +0100
From: Alex Legler <a3li@...too.org>
To: gentoo-announce@...too.org
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	security-alerts@...uxsecurity.com
Subject: [ GLSA 200912-02 ] Ruby on Rails: Multiple
	vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200912-02
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Ruby on Rails: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: December 20, 2009
      Bugs: #200159, #237385, #247549, #276279, #283396, #294797
        ID: 200912-02

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, the worst of
which leading to the execution of arbitrary SQL statements.

Background
==========

Ruby on Rails is a web-application and persistence framework.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  dev-ruby/rails       < 2.2.2                             >= 2.3.5
                                                          *>= 2.2.3-r1

Description
===========

The following vulnerabilities were discovered:

* sameer reported that lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb removes
  the :cookie_only attribute from the default session options
  (CVE-2007-6077), due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5380 (GLSA
  200711-17).

* Tobias Schlottke reported that the :limit and :offset parameters of
  ActiveRecord::Base.find() are not properly sanitized before being
  processed (CVE-2008-4094).

* Steve from Coderrr reported that the CRSF protection in
  protect_from_forgery() does not parse the text/plain MIME format
  (CVE-2008-7248).

* Nate reported a documentation error that leads to the assumption
  that a block returning nil passed to
  authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest() would deny access to the
  requested resource (CVE-2009-2422).

* Brian Mastenbrook reported an input sanitation flaw, related to
  multibyte characters (CVE-2009-3009).

* Gabe da Silveira reported an input sanitation flaw in the
  strip_tags() function (CVE-2009-4214).

* Coda Hale reported an information disclosure vulnerability related
  to HMAC digests (CVE-2009-3086).

Impact
======

A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests to a vulnerable
application, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary SQL
statements or a circumvention of access control. A remote attacker
could also conduct session fixation attacks to hijack a user's session
or bypass the CSRF protection mechanism, or furthermore conduct
Cross-Site Scripting attacks or forge a digest via multiple attempts.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Ruby on Rails 2.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rails-2.3.5"

All Ruby on Rails 2.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=dev-ruby/rails-2.2.3-r1"

NOTE: All applications using Ruby on Rails should also be configured to
use the latest version available by running "rake rails:update" inside
the application directory.

References
==========

  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5380
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5380
  [ 2 ] CVE-2007-6077
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6077
  [ 3 ] CVE-2008-4094
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4094
  [ 4 ] CVE-2008-7248
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-7248
  [ 5 ] CVE-2009-2422
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2422
  [ 6 ] CVE-2009-3009
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3009
  [ 7 ] CVE-2009-3086
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3086
  [ 8 ] CVE-2009-4214
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4214
  [ 9 ] GLSA 200711-17
        http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-02.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@...too.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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