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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703509
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3509-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rails' package(s) announced via the DSA-3509-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rails' package(s) announced via the DSA-3509-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rails, a web application framework written in Ruby. Both vulnerabilities affect Action Pack, which handles the web requests for Rails.

CVE-2016-2097

Crafted requests to Action View, one of the components of Action Pack, might result in rendering files from arbitrary locations, including files beyond the application's view directory. This vulnerability is the result of an incomplete fix of CVE-2016-0752. This bug was found by Jyoti Singh and Tobias Kraze from Makandra.

CVE-2016-2098

If a web applications does not properly sanitize user inputs, an attacker might control the arguments of the render method in a controller or a view, resulting in the possibility of executing arbitrary ruby code. This bug was found by Tobias Kraze from Makandra and joernchen of Phenoelit.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.1.8-1+deb8u2.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.2.5.2-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2:4.2.5.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rails packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'rails' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2097
BugTraq ID: 83726
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83726
Debian Security Information: DSA-3509 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ddY6HgqB2z4/we0RasMZIAAJ
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0854 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0967 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0835 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2098
BugTraq ID: 83725
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086/
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0867 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1146 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0790 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html
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