SB2012013104 - Code Injection in ruby-actionpack (Alpine package)



SB2012013104 - Code Injection in ruby-actionpack (Alpine package)

Published: January 31, 2012

Security Bulletin ID SB2012013104
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3186)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

CRLF injection vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_controller/response.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the Content-Type header.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.