CVE-2011-2929

Publication date 29 August 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The template selection functionality in actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.10 and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc6 does not properly handle glob characters, which allows remote attackers to render arbitrary views via a crafted URL, related to a "filter skipping vulnerability."

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
rails	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

How can I get the fixes?
What do statuses mean?
Patch details

Notes

mdeslaur

only affects 3.x

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
rails	Upstream: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/3420ac71aed312d6

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/3420ac71aed312d6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731432
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2929