Ruby on Rails Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Filters on Case-Insensitive Filesystems
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1025061 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1025061
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2011-0449
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 10 2011
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Impact:
User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 3.0.x prior to 3.0.4
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Ruby on Rails. A remote user can bypass filters.
For applications deployed on a case-insensitive filesystem, a remote user may be able to bypass filters and access ostensibly restricted templates.
Jan M. Faber of supersaas reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can bypass filters on case-insensitive filesystems.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.4).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/new-releases-2-3-11-and-3-0-4
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Vendor URL: weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/new-releases-2-3-11-and-3-0-4 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:24:14 +0000
Subject: Ruby on Rails
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http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/new-releases-2-3-11-and-3-0-4
Affecting 3.0.x only
* Filter Problems on Case Insensitive Filesystems CVE-2011-0449
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