CVE-2012-4466

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4466
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-25 23:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRuby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p160 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p17 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p173 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p174 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p22 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p248 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p249 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p299 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p301 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p302 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p330 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p334 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p352 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p357 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p358 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p370 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p71 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p72 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview2 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview3 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview4 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p0 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p125 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p194 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 p0 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 preview1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 preview2 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: ruby-1.9.3.194-18.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: ruby-1.9.3.194-17.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[ruby] Revision 37068 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.ruby-lang.org
$SAFE escaping vulnerability about Exception#to_s / NameError#to_s (CVE-2012-4464, CVE-2012-4466) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:124 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - CVE Request: Ruby safe level bypasses af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Ruby safe level bypasses af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
862614 – (CVE-2012-4466) CVE-2012-4466 ruby: safe level bypass via name_err_mesg_to_str() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0294 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
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