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Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1858-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1858-01
Posted Sep 13, 2016
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1858-01 - Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller framework for web application development. Action Pack implements the controller and the view components. Security Fix: It was discovered that Action View tag helpers did not escape quotes when using strings declared as HTML safe as attribute values. A remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site scripting attack.

tags | advisory, remote, web, xss, ruby
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2016-6316
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Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1858-01

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1858-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1858.html
Issue date: 2016-09-13
CVE Names: CVE-2016-6316
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1. Summary:

An update for ruby193-rubygem-actionpack is now available for Red Hat
Software Collections.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

3. Description:

Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller (MVC) framework for web
application development. Action Pack implements the controller and the view
components.

Security Fix(es):

* It was discovered that Action View tag helpers did not escape quotes when
using strings declared as HTML safe as attribute values. A remote attacker
could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
(CVE-2016-6316)

Red Hat would like to thank the Ruby on Rails project for reporting this
issue. Upstream acknowledges Andrew Carpenter (Critical Juncture) as the
original reporter.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running applications using ruby193-rubygem-actionpack must be restarted
for this update to take effect.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1365008 - CVE-2016-6316 rubygem-actionview: cross-site scripting flaw in Action View

6. Package List:

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm
ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-doc-3.2.8-20.el7.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6316
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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