CVE-2013-0256

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0256
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-01 05:40:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-09 12:28:00 UTC
Descriptiondarkfish.js in RDoc 2.3.0 through 3.12 and 4.x before 4.0.0.preview2.1, as used in Ruby, does not properly generate documents, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Application Dave Thomas Rdoc 2.3.0 All All All
Application Dave Thomas Rdoc 3.12 All All All
Application Dave Thomas Rdoc 4.0.0 All All All
Application Dave Thomas Rdoc 2.3.0 All All All
Application Dave Thomas Rdoc 3.12 All All All
Application Dave Thomas Rdoc 4.0.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Rdoc All All All All
Application Ruby-lang Rdoc 2.3.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Rdoc 3.12 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Rdoc 4.0.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Rdoc 4.0.0 preview2 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p0 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p125 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p194 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p286 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p383 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p0 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p125 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p194 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p286 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p383 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RDoc XSS vulnerability CVE-2013-0256 releases 3.9.5, 3.12.1, 4.0.0.rc.2 MISC blog.segment7.net
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0647-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-1733-1: Ruby vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
907820 – (CVE-2013-0256) CVE-2013-0256 rubygem-rdoc: Cross-site scripting in the documentation created by Darkfish Rdoc HTML generator / template MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:0303-1: moderate: rubygem-rdoc: fixed a security bug SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA52774 - Red Hat update for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Fix CVE-2013-0256, an XSS exploit in RDoc · rdoc/rdoc@ffa8788 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
XSS exploit of RDoc documentation generated by rdoc (CVE-2013-0256) CONFIRM www.ruby-lang.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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