CVE-2011-1005

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Description

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, and 1.8.8dev allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the Exception#to_s method, as demonstrated by changing an intended pathname.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html

http://osvdb.org/70957

http://secunia.com/advisories/43420

http://secunia.com/advisories/43573

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46458

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2011-03-02

Updated: 2013-08-13

Type: CWE-264

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6-420:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7-330:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.8:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

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IDNameProductFamilySeverity
80755Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : ruby (cve_2013_4073_cryptographic_issues)NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
medium
79980GLSA-201412-27 : Ruby: Denial of ServiceNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
75729openSUSE Security Update : ruby (openSUSE-SU-2011:0561-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
69732Amazon Linux AMI : ruby (ALAS-2013-173)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68299Oracle Linux 6 : ruby (ELSA-2011-0910)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68298Oracle Linux 5 : ruby (ELSA-2011-0909)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68297Oracle Linux 4 : ruby (ELSA-2011-0908)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
67085CentOS 5 : ruby (CESA-2011:0909)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
65094Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130307)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
63603Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130108)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
62307Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : ruby1.9.1 vulnerabilities (USN-1583-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
61077Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL6.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
61076Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL5.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
61075Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL4.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
6482Mac OS X 10.7 < 10.7.4 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorGeneric
critical
59067Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2012-002) (BEAST)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
59066Mac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
58146Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : ruby1.8 vulnerabilities (USN-1377-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
55837CentOS 4 : ruby (CESA-2011:0908)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
55452RHEL 6 : ruby (RHSA-2011:0910)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
55451RHEL 5 : ruby (RHSA-2011:0909)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
55450RHEL 4 : ruby (RHSA-2011:0908)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
54921SuSE 11.1 Security Update : ruby (SAT Patch Number 4585)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
54626Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDVSA-2011:097)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
medium
52485Fedora 13 : ruby-1.8.6.420-2.fc13 (2011-1913)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium