CVE-2009-4492
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-4492 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2010-01-13 20:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-08-01 18:59:00 UTC |
| Description | WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.8.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.8.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.8.8 | dev | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.2 | dev | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.8.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.8.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.8.8 | dev | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.2 | dev | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Webrick | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Webrick | Webrick | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Webrick | Webrick | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt | MISC | www.ush.it | Exploit |
| Support | REDHAT | www.redhat.com | |
| WEBrick has an Escape Sequence Injection vulnerability | CONFIRM | www.ruby-lang.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Ruby WEBrick Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Inject Terminal Commands - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | securitytracker.com | Exploit |
| Ruby WEBrick Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injection Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Exploit |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | VUPEN | www.vupen.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | www.redhat.com | |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Ruby WEBrick Terminal Escape Sequences Weakness - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2010-01-21 | Tomas Hoger | Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4492 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.