The ruby on Rails project reports: There is a vulnerability in Ruby on Rails in the select_tag helper method when a "prompt" is supplied. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2012-3463. Versions Affected: 3.x. Not affected: 2.3.x Fixed Versions: 3.2.8, 3.1.8, 3.0.17 Impact - ------ When a "prompt" value is supplied to the `select_tag` helper, the "prompt" value is not escaped. If untrusted data is not escaped, and is supplied as the prompt value, there is a potential for XSS attacks. Vulnerable code will look something like this: select_tag("name", options, :prompt => UNTRUSTED_INPUT) All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the work arounds immediately. Releases - -------- The 3.2.8, 3.1.8, and 3.0.17 releases are available at the normal locations. Workarounds - ----------- A possible workaround for this vulnerability is to escape user input supplied to the prompt key: select_tag("name", options, :prompt => h(UNTRUSTED_INPUT)) Patches - ------- To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset. * 3-0-select_tag_prompt.patch - Patch for 3.0 series * 3-1-select_tag_prompt.patch - Patch for 3.1 series * 3-2-select_tag_prompt.patch - Patch for 3.2 series Please note that only the 3.1.x and 3.2.x series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases. References: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
Created attachment 603413 [details] CVE-2012-3463-3-0-select_tag_prompt.patch
Created attachment 603414 [details] CVE-2012-3463-3-1-select_tag_prompt.patch
Created attachment 603415 [details] CVE-2012-3463-3-2-select_tag_prompt.patch
Created rubygem-actionpack tracking bugs for this issue Affects: fedora-all [bug 847201]
Created rubygem-actionpack tracking bugs for this issue Affects: epel-5 [bug 847202]
rubygem-actionpack-3.0.10-9.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
rubygem-actionpack-3.0.11-7.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
This issue has been addressed in following products: CloudForms for RHEL 6 Via RHSA-2012:1542 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1542.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.1 Via RHSA-2013:0154 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift Enterprise Via RHSA-2013:0582 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0582.html