CVE-2012-4481

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4481
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-02 14:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.7 allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the NameError#to_s method when operating on Ruby objects. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:M/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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- ruby (1.8.x with patched CVE-2011-1005): Incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005 for NameError#to_s method when used on objects af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:124 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0294 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
Bug 863484 – CVE-2012-4481 ruby: Incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005 for NameError#to_s method when used on objects af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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