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rubygem-rdoc: cross-site scripting

Package(s):rubygem-rdoc CVE #(s):CVE-2013-0256
Created:February 15, 2013 Updated:February 20, 2013
Description:

From the Ruby advisory:

RDoc documentation generated by rdoc bundled with ruby are vulnerable to an XSS exploit. All ruby users are recommended to update ruby to newer version which includes security-fixed RDoc. If you are publishing RDoc documentation generated by rdoc, you are recommended to apply a patch for the documentaion or re-generate it with security-fixed RDoc.

RDoc documentation generated by rdoc 2.3.0 through rdoc 3.12 and prereleases up to rdoc 4.0.0.preview2.1 are vulnerable to an XSS exploit. This exploit may lead to cookie disclosure to third parties.

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0303-1 2013-02-15
Ubuntu USN-1733-1 2013-02-21
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0376-1 2013-03-01
Red Hat RHSA-2013:0701-01 2013-04-02

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