Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:34:16 -0800
From: Aaron Patterson <tenderlove@...y-lang.org>
To: security@...e.de, rubyonrails-security@...glegroups.com,
	oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, ruby-security-ann@...glegroups.com
Subject: [CVE-2015-7578] Possible XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizer

Possible XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizer

There is a possible XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizer. This
vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2015-7578.

Versions Affected:  All.
Not affected:       None.
Fixed Versions:     1.0.3

Impact
------
There is a possible XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizer.  Certain
attributes are not removed from tags when they are sanitized, and these
attributes can lead to an XSS attack on target applications.

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

Releases
--------
The FIXED releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds
-----------
There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.

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.

* 1-0-sanitize_data_attributes.patch - Patch for 1.0 series

Credits
-------
Thanks to Ben Murphy and Marien for reporting this

-- 
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/

View attachment "1-0-sanitize_data_attributes.patch" of type "text/plain" (7269 bytes)

Content of type "application/pgp-signature" skipped

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Please check out the Open Source Software Security Wiki, which is counterpart to this mailing list.

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.