CVE-2013-0156

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0156
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-13 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionactive_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion.

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: CWE-20 | 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 Rubyonrails Rails All All All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 and Security Update 2013-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Analysis of Rails XML Parameter Parsing Vulnerability - Insinuator af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.insinuator.net Third Party Advisory
CVE-2013-0156 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com Third Party Advisory
Wonderware Intelligence Tableau Server Ruby on Rails Improper Input Validation (Update A) | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#628463 - Ruby on Rails 3.0 and 2.3 JSON Parser vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2604-1 rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Riding Rails: [SEC][ANN] Rails 3.0.20, and 2.3.16 have been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org Vendor Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#380039 - Ruby on Rails Action Pack framework insecurely typecasts YAML and Symbol XML parameters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
This page provides Security Information. - Fujitsu Global af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fujitsu.com Third Party Advisory
Metasploit: Serialization Mischief in Ruby Land... | SecurityStreet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 community.rapid7.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-0156 MITRE access.redhat.com
892870 – (CVE-2013-0156) CVE-2013-0156 rubygem-activesupport: Multiple vulnerabilities in parameter parsing in ActionPack MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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