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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2013.0115
Critical: rubygem-activesupport security update
29 January 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: rubygem-activesupport
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Unauthorised Access -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2013-0333
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0201.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0202.html
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Red Hat. It is recommended that administrators
running rubygem-activesupport check for an updated version of the
software for their operating system.
This bulletin contains two (2) Red Hat security advisories.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: rubygem-activesupport security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0201-01
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0201.html
Issue date: 2013-01-28
CVE Names: CVE-2013-0333
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1. Summary:
An updated rubygem-activesupport package that fixes one security issue is
now available for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Server - noarch
3. Description:
Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller (MVC) framework for web
application development. Active Support provides support and utility
classes used by the Ruby on Rails framework.
A flaw was found in the way Active Support performed the parsing of JSON
requests by translating them to YAML. A remote attacker could use this flaw
to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a Ruby on Rails
application, perform SQL injection attacks, or bypass the authentication
using a specially-created JSON request. (CVE-2013-0333)
Red Hat would like to thank Ruby on Rails upstream for reporting this
issue. Upstrea m acknowledges Lawrence Pit of Mirror42 as the original
reporter.
Users of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager are advised to upgrade to this
updated package, which resolves this issue. Katello must be restarted
("service katello restart") for this update to take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
903440 - CVE-2013-0333 rubygem-activesupport: json to yaml parsing
6. Package List:
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Server:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/SAM/SRPMS/rubygem-activesupport-3.0.10-7.el6cf.src.rpm
noarch:
rubygem-activesupport-3.0.10-7.el6cf.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/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0333.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: rubygem-activesupport security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0202-01
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0202.html
Issue date: 2013-01-28
CVE Names: CVE-2013-0333
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1. Summary:
An updated rubygem-activesupport package that fixes one security issue is
now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.0.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Infrastructure - noarch
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Node - noarch
3. Description:
Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller (MVC) framework for web
application development. Active Support provides support and utility
classes used by the Ruby on Rails framework.
A flaw was found in the way Active Support performed the parsing of JSON
requests by translating them to YAML. A remote attacker could use this flaw
to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a Ruby on Rails
application, perform SQL injection attacks, or bypass the authentication
using a specially-created JSON request. (CVE-2013-0333)
Red Hat would like to thank Ruby on Rails upstream for reporting this
issue. Upstream acknowledges Lawrence Pit of Mirror42 as the original
reporter.
All users of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise are advised to upgrade to this
updated package, which resolves this issue. For Red Hat OpenShift
Enterprise administrators, the openshift-broker and openshift-console
services must be restarted for this update to take effect. Users of
OpenShift are advised to update their own applications that are running
Ruby on Rails.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
903440 - CVE-2013-0333 rubygem-activesupport: json to yaml parsing
6. Package List:
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Infrastructure:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOSE/SRPMS/rubygem-activesupport-3.0.13-4.el6op.src.rpm
noarch:
rubygem-activesupport-3.0.13-4.el6op.noarch.rpm
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Node:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOSE/SRPMS/rubygem-activesupport-3.0.13-4.el6op.src.rpm
noarch:
rubygem-activesupport-3.0.13-4.el6op.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/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0333.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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