National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0447

Overview

Ruby on Rails 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and 2.3.x before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged (1) AJAX or (2) API requests that leverage "combinations of browser plugins and HTTP redirects," a related issue to CVE-2011-0696.

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails

External Source: MLIST

Name: [rubyonrails-security] 20110209 CSRF Protection Bypass in Ruby on Rails

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0877

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0587

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025060

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060

External Source: BID

Name: 46291

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2247

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43666

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43666

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43274

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43274

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2138

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2133

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-4358

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html