Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Ruby on Rails, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
The first issue is caused by an error in the XML parser when processing specially crafted requests, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or read the contents of arbitrary files on a vulnerable system.
The second vulnerability is caused by an error in the session management functionality that allows users to provide their "session_id" in URLs and cookies, which could be exploited to conduct session fixation attacks and gain unauthorized access.
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2007-10-16 : Initial release
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