CVE-2013-0156

Published Jan 13, 2013

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Configurations