Ruby 1.8.7/1.9.3/2.0/2.0.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ruby 1.8.7/1.9.3/2.0/2.0.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4466. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ruby 1.8.7/1.9.3/2.0/2.0.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 04/25/2013 as Bug 862614 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-4466 since 08/21/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 69629 (Amazon Linux AMI : ruby (ALAS-2012-139)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165861 (SUSE Security Update for ruby (openSUSE-SU-2013:0376-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.8.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69629), SecurityFocus (BID 55757†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36579†). The entries VDB-63666, VDB-63080 and VDB-64023 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 69629
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : ruby (ALAS-2012-139)
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OpenVAS ID: 72615
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ruby
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ruby 1.8.7

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08/21/2012 🔍
10/03/2012 +43 days 🔍
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10/16/2012 +13 days 🔍
04/25/2013 +191 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +566 days 🔍
01/02/2022 +2476 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 862614
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-4466 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4466
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64024

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SecurityFocus: 55757 - Ruby 'error.c' Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 36579 - Ruby Remote Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities - CVE-2012-4466, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/02/2022 10:29
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (63), 04/18/2017 11:41 (11), 01/02/2022 10:29 (3)
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