It was discovered that Action View tag helpers did not escape quotes when using strings declared as HTML safe as attribute values. A remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
Find out more about CVE-2016-6316 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| 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 |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ror40-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:1857 | 2016-09-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview) | RHSA-2016:1856 | 2016-09-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ruby193-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:1858 | 2016-09-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview) | RHSA-2016:1856 | 2016-09-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ror40-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:1857 | 2016-09-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ror42-rubygem-actionview) | RHSA-2016:1855 | 2016-09-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ruby193-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:1858 | 2016-09-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
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