CVE-2011-0447
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.3.11-0.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.3.11-0.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.3.11-0.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.3.11-0.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.3.11-0.1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionpack | !< 2.1.0||<~> 2.3.11 | ~> 2.3.11 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=2.1.0,<2.3.11 | 2.3.11 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=3.0.0,<3.0.4 | 3.0.4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.1.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.1.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.1.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.2.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.2.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.2.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.4 | |
References
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0447
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/66ce3843d32e9f2ac3b1da20067af53019bbb034
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/7e86f9b4d2b7dfa974c10ae7e6d8ef90f3d77f06
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-0447.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120527023027/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045008/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0447
CWEs
CWE-352
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.