CVE-2013-4491

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb` in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.

Affected packages (1)

• RubyGems/actionpack>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.16

References (9)

• ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8
• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4491
• WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
• WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
• WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
• WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-4491.yml
• WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998
• WEBhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released
• WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888