CVE-2013-0269

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0269
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-13 01:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

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 Rubygems Json Gem 1.5.0 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.5.1 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.5.2 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.5.3 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.5.4 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.0 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.1 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.2 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.3 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.4 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.5 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.6 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.6.7 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.7.0 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.7.1 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.7.2 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.7.3 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.7.4 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.7.5 All All All
Application Rubygems Json Gem 1.7.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA52902 - SUSE update for ruby - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
CVE-2013-0269 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com
oss-security - Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON [CVE-2013-0269] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Ruby on Rails vulnerable to mass assignment and SQL injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zweitag.de
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0609-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA52774 - Red Hat update for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/90074 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Fixed | Spree Commerce af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 spreecommerce.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA52075 - Ruby json Gem Document Parsing Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0647-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
JSON Denial of Service and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-1733-1: Ruby vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Patch update for [CVE-2013-0269] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Riding Rails: [SEC][ANN] Rails 3.2.12, 3.1.11, and 2.3.17 have been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com
APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5 OS X Server 3.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:0603-1: moderate: ruby: update to fix XML and JSON secu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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