CVE-2014-2538
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.3.2-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.3.2-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.3.2-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.3.2-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.3.2-4 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2538
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57466
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314
- https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b
- https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack-ssl/CVE-2014-2538.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140524002455/http://secunia.com/advisories/57466
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228185649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2538
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.