CVE-2014-2538

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-2538  

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rack/ssl.rb in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be properly handled by third-party adapters such as JRuby-Rack.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rack/ssl.rb in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be properly handled by third-party adapters such as JRuby-Rack.

Find out more about CVE-2014-2538 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl Will not fix