CVE-2013-1800
The crack gem 0.3.1 and earlier for Ruby does not properly restrict casts of string values, which might allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.95%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The crack gem 0.3.1 and earlier for Ruby does not properly restrict casts of string values, which might allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.95% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- john nunemaker/crack
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52897Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804721
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917236
- https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack/commit/e3da1212a1f84a898ee3601336d1dbbf118fb5f6Exploit, Patch
- https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/entries/22915701-january-14-2013-security-vulnerabilities-httparty-extlib-crack-nori-update-these-gems-immediately
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52897Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804721
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917236
- https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack/commit/e3da1212a1f84a898ee3601336d1dbbf118fb5f6Exploit, Patch
- https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/entries/22915701-january-14-2013-security-vulnerabilities-httparty-extlib-crack-nori-update-these-gems-immediately
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.