
CVE-2013-1856 – Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-28
https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2013-1856
19 Mar 2013 — The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference. El backend ActiveSu... • http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation •

CVE-2013-1857 – rubygem-actionpack: sanitize_protocol: XSS Vulnerability in the helper of Ruby on Rails
https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2013-1857
19 Mar 2013 — The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence. El sanitize helper en lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb en e... • http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') •