VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-2337
Ruby 1.6.x up to 1.6.8, 1.8.x up to 1.8.2, and 1.9.0 development up to 2005-09-01 allows attackers to bypass safe level and taint flag protections and execute disallowed code when Ruby processes a program through standard input (stdin).
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Ruby 1.6.x up to 1.6.8, 1.8.x up to 1.8.2, and 1.9.0 development up to 2005-09-01 allows attackers to bypass safe level and taint flag protections and execute disallowed code when Ruby processes a program through standard input (stdin).
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.26% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- yukihiro matsumoto/ruby
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2362914675/index.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16904Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17094
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17098Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17129Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17147Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17285Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19130Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20077Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/59
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-860
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-862
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-864Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-05.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/160012Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:191Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-799.html
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20051003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14909
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
- http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014948.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-195-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22360
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10564
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2362914675/index.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.