Vulnerability in Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby
CVE-2005-1992
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.066 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.066 · newest: 0.066 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby — versions 1.8
References
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748 (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10819 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
- blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237 (Patch)