Yukihiro Matsumoto ruby 1.8 RPC Server privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yukihiro Matsumoto ruby 1.8. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component RPC Server. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-1992. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Yukihiro Matsumoto ruby 1.8 (Programming Language Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component RPC Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

The bug was discovered 06/21/2005. The weakness was released 06/20/2005 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1992 since 06/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18663 (Debian DSA-748-1 : ruby1.8 - bad default value), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115280 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-09-22)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21194), Tenable (18663), SecurityFocus (BID 14016†), OSVDB (17407†) and Secunia (SA16920†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-26659, VDB-26658, VDB-26657 and VDB-26656. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 18663
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-748-1 : ruby1.8 - bad default value
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OpenVAS ID: 54319
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 748-1 (ruby1.8)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1992 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1992
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25571

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X-Force: 21194
SecurityFocus: 14016 - Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby XMLRPC Server Unspecified Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16920 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 17407 - Ruby xmlrpc/utils.rb command execution
Vulnerability Center: 8425 - ruby 1.8.2 Allows Code Execution via XMLRPC Server, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 12/17/2024 06:00
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (78), 06/02/2019 17:50 (9), 12/17/2024 06:00 (17)
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