class Dawn::Kb::CVE_2013_1855

Public Class Methods

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Calls superclass method Dawn::Kb::DependencyCheck::new
# File lib/dawn/kb/cve_2013_1855.rb, line 6
def initialize
  message = "The sanitize_css method in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle \\n (newline) characters, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences."

  super({
    :name=>'CVE-2013-1855', 
    :cvss=>"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",  
    :release_date => Date.new(2013, 3, 19),
    :cwe=>"79", 
    :owasp=>"A3",
    :applies=>["rails"],
    :kind => Dawn::KnowledgeBase::DEPENDENCY_CHECK,
    :message => message,
    :mitigation=>"Please upgrade rails version at least to 2.3.18, 3.0.8, 3.1.12 and 3.2.13. As a general rule, using the latest stable rails version is recommended.",
    :aux_links => ["https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/4_QHo4BqnN8/_RrdfKk12I4J"]
  })
  self.safe_dependencies = [{:name=>"rails", :version=>['2.3.18', '3.0.8', '3.2.13', '3.1.12']}]
end