CVE-2012-4466 in Ruby
Summary
Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005.
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Reservation
08/21/2012
Disclosure
04/25/2013
Status
Confirmed
Entries
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| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64024 | Ruby access control | 264 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2012-4466 |