CVE-2013-0256

darkfish.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.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://blog.segment7.net/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-vulnerability-cve-2013-0256-releases-3-9-5-3-12-1-4-0-0-rc-2	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00048.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0728.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/52774	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/commit/ffa87887ee0517793df7541629a470e331f9fe60	Third Party Advisory
http://blog.segment7.net/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-vulnerability-cve-2013-0256-releases-3-9-5-3-12-1-4-0-0-rc-2	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00048.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0728.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/52774	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/commit/ffa87887ee0517793df7541629a470e331f9fe60	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rdoc::::::ruby::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rdoc:4.0.0:preview2::::ruby::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p286::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p383::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc2::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://blog.segment7.net/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-vulnerability-cve-2013-0256-releases-3-9-5-3-12-1-4-0-0-rc-2 - Third Party Advisory~~	() http://blog.segment7.net/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-vulnerability-cve-2013-0256-releases-3-9-5-3-12-1-4-0-0-rc-2 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00048.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00048.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html - Third Party Advisory~~	() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html - Third Party Advisory~~	() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html - Third Party Advisory~~	() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0728.html - Third Party Advisory~~	() http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0728.html - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 - Third Party Advisory~~	() http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/ - Vendor Advisory~~	() http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/ - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1 - Third Party Advisory~~	() http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820 - Issue Tracking~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820 - Issue Tracking
References	~~() https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/commit/ffa87887ee0517793df7541629a470e331f9fe60 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/commit/ffa87887ee0517793df7541629a470e331f9fe60 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2013-03-01 05:40

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2013-0256

Mitre link : CVE-2013-0256

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-0256

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

ruby-lang

ruby
rdoc

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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