VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.57%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.57% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- yukihiro matsumoto/ruby
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237Patch
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
- http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
- http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237Patch
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
- http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
- http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.