Vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby
CVE-2009-4492
WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.
EPSS: 0.157 (96.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Ruby-lang Ruby
- Ruby-lang Webrick — versions 1.3.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)