CVE-2013-0269 in Apple Mac OS X Server

Summary

The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

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Reservation

12/06/2012

Disclosure

02/12/2013

Entries

VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:

ID	Vulnerability	CWE	Exp	Cou	CVE
10949	Apple Mac OS X Server Profile Manager input validation	20	Unproven	Official fix	CVE-2013-0269
7683	Ruby on Rails JSON Gem input validation	20	Proof-of-Concept	Official fix	CVE-2013-0269

Sources

• MITRE
• NVD
• CVE Details