CVE-2013-0269
The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.91% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- rubygems/json gem
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52075Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52774
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52902
- http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/90074
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57899
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1
- http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82010
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/d8e0db6e08c81428?dmode=source&output=gplain
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0269
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.