CVE-2011-0447

Description

Ruby on Rails 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and 2.3.x before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged (1) AJAX or (2) API requests that leverage "combinations of browser plugins and HTTP redirects," a related issue to CVE-2011-0696.

Affected packages (2)

• Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2.3.11-0.1
• RubyGems/actionpack>= 2.1.0, < 2.3.11

References (14)

• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0447
• ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0447
• PATCHhttps://github.com/rails/rails
• WEBhttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain
• WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
• WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
• WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
• WEBhttps://github.com/rails/rails/commit/66ce3843d32e9f2ac3b1da20067af53019bbb034
• WEBhttps://github.com/rails/rails/commit/7e86f9b4d2b7dfa974c10ae7e6d8ef90f3d77f06
• WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-0447.yml
• WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120527023027/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
• WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170223045008/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
• WEBhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails
• WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247