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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2538
• https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140524002455/http://secunia.com/advisories/57466
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200228185649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack-ssl/CVE-2014-2538.yml