CVE-2012-4481

Published May 2, 2013

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.7 allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the NameError#to_s method when operating on Ruby objects. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "2D86FC99-3521-4E22-8FD3-65CEB05A6342"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References