Vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby
CVE-2011-1005
The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, and 1.8.8dev allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the Exception#to_s method, as demonstrated by changing an intended pathname.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (85.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ruby-Lang Ruby — versions 1.8.6, 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5 (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/43573 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2 (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/70957 (vdb-entry)