Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20131857000
Revision Date:2013-03-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2013-1857 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
Description:The sanitize helper 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 encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2013-1857
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'rails' package in trusty is not affected (note: 'contains no code').
  • OR The 'ruby-actionpack-3.2' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.6-6').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ruby-activerecord-3.2' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ruby-activesupport-3.2' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ruby-rails-3.2' package in trusty is not affected.
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