CVE-2011-3187
Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2011-3187
Summary:
Details: The to_s method in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.0.5 does not validate the X-Forwarded-For header in requests from IP addresses on a Class C network, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass intended address parsing via a crafted header.
References: http://webservsec.blogspot.com/2011/02/ruby-on-rails-vulnerability.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673010, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5, http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-02/0337.html
