REDHAT-BUG-921331: XSS

Published Mar 14, 2013
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Updated

XSS vulnerability in sanitizecss in Action Pack

There is an XSS vulnerability in the sanitizecss method in Action Pack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2013-1855.

Versions Affected: All. Not affected: None. Fixed Versions: 3.2.13, 3.1.12

Impact ------ Carefully crafted text can bypass the sanitization provided in the sanitizecss method in Action Pack. Impacted code will look like this:

sanitizecss(someuserinput)

All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the work arounds immediately.

Releases -------- The 3.2.13 and 3.1.12 releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds ----------- To work around this issue, you can apply the following monkey patch:

module HTML class WhiteListSanitizer # Sanitizes a block of css code. Used by #sanitize when it comes across a style attribute def sanitizecss(style) # disallow urls style = style.tos.gsub(/url\s\(\s[^\s)]+?\s\)\s/, ' ')

# gauntlet if style !~ /\A([:,;#%.\sa-zA-Z0-9!]|\w-\w|\'[\s\w]+\'|\"[\s\w]+\"|\([\d,\s]+\))\z/ || style !~ /\A(\s[-\w]+\s:\s[^:;](;|$)\s)\z/ return '' end

clean = [] style.scan(/([-\w]+)\s:\s([^:;])/) do |prop,val| if allowedcssproperties.include?(prop.downcase) clean << prop + ': ' + val + ';' elsif shorthandcssproperties.include?(prop.split('-')[0].downcase) unless val.split().any? do |keyword| !allowedcsskeywords.include?(keyword) && keyword !~ /\A(#[0-9a-f]+|rgb\(\d+%?,\d%?,?\d%?\)?|\d{0,2}\.?\d{0,2}(cm|em|ex|in|mm|pc|pt|px|%|,|\))?)\z/ end clean << prop + ': ' + val + ';' end end end clean.join(' ') end end end

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.

3-2-csssanitize.patch - Patch for 3.2 series 3-1-csssanitize.patch - Patch for 3.1 series 3-0-csssanitize.patch - Patch for 3.0 series 2-3-csssanitize.patch - Patch for 2.3 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.

Credits -------

Thanks to Charlie Somerville for reporting this!

Affected Software

1 affected component
Ruby on Rails Action Pack<3.2.13, <3.1.12

Event History

Mar 14, 2013
Data Sourced
02:53 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of REDHAT-BUG-921331?

The REDHAT-BUG-921331 vulnerability can be considered critical due to its XSS nature.

2

How do I fix REDHAT-BUG-921331?

To fix REDHAT-BUG-921331, upgrade Ruby on Rails Action Pack to a version newer than 3.2.13.

3

What versions are affected by REDHAT-BUG-921331?

All versions of Ruby on Rails Action Pack up to 3.2.13 are affected by REDHAT-BUG-921331.

4

What type of vulnerability is REDHAT-BUG-921331?

REDHAT-BUG-921331 is an XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerability found in the sanitize_css method.

5

Who is impacted by REDHAT-BUG-921331?

Any application using vulnerable versions of Ruby on Rails Action Pack is impacted by REDHAT-BUG-921331.

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