CVE-2013-1855

NameCVE-2013-1855
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2655-1
Debian Bugs703349

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)buster2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssourcesqueeze2.3.5-1.2+squeeze8DSA-2655-1
railssource(unstable)2.3.14.1
ruby-actionpack-2.3source(unstable)2.3.14-5
ruby-actionpack-3.2source(unstable)3.2.6-6703349

Notes

Starting with 2.3.14.1 rails is a transition package

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