Vulnerability in Ryan Davis Ruby Parser
CVE-2013-0162
The diff_pp function in lib/gauntlet_rubyparser.rb in the ruby_parser gem 3.1.1 and earlier for Ruby allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/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: 0.003 (25.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ryan Davis Ruby Parser — versions 1.0.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html (vendor-advisory)