CVE-2005-2337

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2337
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-07 23:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRuby 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.1 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.2 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.3 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.4 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.5 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.6 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.7 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.1 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2_pre1 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2_pre2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#160012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for ruby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-132A -- Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
JVN#62914675: Ruby においてセーフレベル 4 がサンドボックスとして機能しない脆弱性 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp
SecurityReason - Ruby: Security bypass vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Ruby: Security bypass vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
usn/usn-195-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-862-1 ruby1.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Ruby Safe-Level Security Bypass and Server Classes Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Ruby State Error May Let Users Bypass Safe Level Restrictions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-864-1 ruby1.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for ruby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for ruby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Ruby Home Page - Ruby vulnerability in the safe level settings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for ruby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2006-05-11 Security Update 2006-003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for ruby1.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-860-1 ruby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby SAFE Level Restriction Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
MISC:http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2362914675/index.html MITRE jvn.jp
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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