CVE-2009-4492

2010-01-1300:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.621 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.8%

JSON

WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through
patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes
data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might
allow remote attackers to modify a window’s title, or possibly execute
arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an
escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Bugs

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	if there is a problem, it is the terminal that has the issue

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu8.10noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.2-7ubuntu1.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu9.04noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.2-9ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu9.10noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.5-1ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.5-1ubuntu2UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	8.10	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.2-7ubuntu1.3	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	9.04	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.2-9ubuntu1.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	9.10	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.5-1ubuntu1.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.5-1ubuntu2	UNKNOWN