CVE-2012-6329

The compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input t...

Fedora 18 : ruby-1.9.3.327-22.fc18 (2012-17949)

A security flaw was found on ruby currently shiped on Fedora 18 that carefully crafted sequence of strings may cause a denial of service attack on the service that parses the sequence to create a Hash object by using the strings as keys. This issue is now registered as CVE-2012-5371. This new...

USN-1614-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

Tyler Hicks and Shugo Maeda discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions. USN-1602-1 fixed these vulnerabilities in other Ubuntu releases. This update provides the...

Ubuntu 12.10 : ruby1.8 vulnerabilities (USN-1603-2)

USN-1603-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ruby. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 12.10. Shugo Maedo and Vit Ondruch discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access...

Medium: ruby

Issue Overview: Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the nameerrmesgtostr API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : ruby1.9.1 vulnerabilities (USN-1614-1)

Tyler Hicks and Shugo Maeda discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions. USN-1602-1 fixed these vulnerabilities in other Ubuntu releases. This update provides the...

Ruby restrictions bypass

Untainted strings modification is possible...

Ruby name_err_mesg_to_str Method Safe Level Security Bypass

Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the nameerrmesgtostr API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than...

Ruby Exception#to_s / NameError#to_s Methods Safe Level Security Bypass

Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the 1 exctos or 2 nameerrtos API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4466. NOTE:...

ruby -- Unintentional file creation caused by inserting an illegal NUL character

The official ruby site reports: A vulnerability was found that file creation routines can create unintended files by strategically inserting NULs in file paths. This vulnerability has been reported as CVE-2012-4522. Ruby can handle arbitrary binary patterns as Strings, including NUL chars. On the...

USN-1602-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

Tyler Hicks and Shugo Maeda discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions. CVE-2012-4464, CVE-2012-4466...

PT-2012-3386 · Postgresql · Postgresql Jdbc Driver

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PostgreSQL JDBC driver versions prior to 8.2 Description: The issue arises from an interaction error in the PostgreSQL JDBC driver when used with a PostgreSQL server that has the "standard conforming strings" option enabled. This error allows...

CVE-2012-4464

Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the 1 exctos or 2 nameerrtos API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4466. NOTE:...

CVE-2012-4466

Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the nameerrmesgtostr API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : ruby1.9.1 vulnerabilities (USN-1583-1)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions. CVE-2011-1005 John Firebaugh discovered that the RubyGems remote gem fetcher did not properly verify SSL certificates...

Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow in Huawei UTPS Back-End

The back-end software UTPS is the application software which is operated on the management data card of PC to realize the configuration and dial-up connection of data card, instant messages receiving and sending, telephone directory management and the like. The current product has a vulnerability...

CVE-2012-4999

Mercury MR804 Router 8.0 3.8.1 Build 101220 Rel.53006nB allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service service hang via a crafted string in HTTP header fields such as 1 If-Modified-Since, 2 If-None-Match, or 3 If-Unmodified-Since. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party...

KLA10162 ACE vulnerability in FlashFXP

Buffer overflows were found in FlashFXP. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via specially designed strings in listbox or combobox. Original advisories FlashFXP bulletin Exploitation Public exploits exist for th...

Debian DSA-2548-1 : tor - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor, an online privacy tool. - CVE-2012-3518 Avoid an uninitialised memory read when reading a vote or consensus document that has an unrecognized flavour name. This could lead to a remote crash, resulting in denial of service. - CVE-2012-3519 Try t...

FreeBSD : Several vulnerabilities found in IcedTea-Web (55b498e2-e56c-11e1-bbd5-001c25e46b1d)

The IcedTea project team reports : CVE-2012-3422: Use of uninitialized instance pointers An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in IcedTea-Web web browser plugin. A malicious web page could use this flaw make IcedTea-Web browser plugin pass invalid pointer to a web browser. Depending on the...