CVE-2012-4464

Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and … (CVE-2012-4464)

Description

Ruby 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 (1) exc_to_s or (2) name_err_to_s API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4466. NOTE: this issue might exist because of a CVE-2011-1005 regression.

Source: CVELISTV5NVD

Metrics

Severity
none
no public PoC known
81.3 %
Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
2.2 %
Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
Published
2013-04-25 23:00 UTC

Affected products

Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.

  • ruby-lang

    ruby

References & sources

IDCVE-2012-4464
CVE-2012-4464 | NEOSEC Intel