CVE-2011-1005 (GCVE-0-2011-1005)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-03-02 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 22:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html
secalert@redhat.com http://osvdb.org/70957
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/43420
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/43573
secalert@redhat.com http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/ Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46458
secalert@redhat.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://osvdb.org/70957
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/43420
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/43573
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/ Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46458
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920 Patch
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Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.