Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2/1.8.3/1.8.4 Safe Level alias

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2/1.8.3/1.8.4. This vulnerability affects the function alias of the component Safe Level. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3694. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2/1.8.3/1.8.4 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function alias of the component Safe Level. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ruby before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to bypass "safe level" checks via unspecified vectors involving (1) the alias function and (2) "directory operations".

The bug was discovered 07/12/2006. The weakness was disclosed 07/11/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at ubuntu.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3694 since 07/18/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22113 (RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : ruby (RHSA-2006:0604)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156238 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Ruby (ELSA-2006:0604,ELSA-2006:0729)).

Upgrading to version 1.8.5 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 (27725), Tenable (22113), SecurityFocus (BID 18944†), OSVDB (27144†) and Secunia (SA21009†). The entries VDB-33002 and VDB-84254 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22113
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : ruby (RHSA-2006:0604)
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OpenVAS ID: 57208
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1139-1 (ruby1.6)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ruby 1.8.5

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07/11/2006 🔍
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07/21/2006 +3 days 🔍
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08/01/2006 +4 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3145 days 🔍
06/23/2019 +1564 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntu.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3694 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3694
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31397

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X-Force: 27725
SecurityFocus: 18944 - Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby Multiple SAFE Level Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21009 - Ruby Safe Level Security Bypass Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27144 - Ruby alias Function Safe Level Security Bypass
Vulnerability Center: 12422 - Ruby Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Attackers to Bypass \, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-2760

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/23/2019 19:02
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (85), 06/23/2019 19:02 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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