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A vulnerability was found in Ruby 1.8.7 (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was presented 05/02/2013 by Vit Ondruch with Red Hat as Bug 863484 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-4481 since 08/21/2012. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68700 (Oracle Linux 5 : ruby (ELSA-2013-0129)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350573 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ruby: ALAS-2013-173).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79106) and Tenable (68700). See 4302 and 7822 for similar entries.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 68700
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : ruby (ELSA-2013-0129)
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OpenVAS ID: 881561
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for ruby CESA-2013:0129 centos5
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08/21/2012 🔍10/05/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 863484Researcher: Vit Ondruch
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-4481 (🔍)
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X-Force: 79106
Vulnerability Center: 38196 - Ruby Allows Remote Attackers to Modify Strings via the Exception#to_s Method - CVE-2012-4481, Medium
SecurityFocus: 55813 - Ruby '#to_s' Method Incomplete Fix Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 01/02/2022 13:34
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (68), 04/24/2017 09:59 (7), 01/02/2022 13:34 (3)
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