Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2011-1005CVE-2011-1005
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.1%
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.
Bugs
- <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=615517>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1005>
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | potential test case in ruby-lang.org advisory The fix was incomplete, see CVE-2012-4481 |
References
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-1005
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1005
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1005
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1377-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1583-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1005
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.1%