CVE-2013-0277

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0277
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-13 01:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized attributes that cause the +serialize+ helper to deserialize arbitrary YAML.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.10 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.11 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.12 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.13 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.14 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.15 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.16 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.10 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.10 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.11 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.12 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.12 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.13 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.13 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.14 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.16 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.17 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.18 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.19 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.20 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.4 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.5 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc5 All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails 3.0.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2620-1 rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Serialized Attributes YAML Vulnerability with Rails 2.3 and 3.0 [CVE-2013-0277] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:0462-1: moderate: RubyOnRails: security version update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA52112 - Ruby on Rails Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE-2013-0277 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com
Rails Serialized Attributes Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/90073 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.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
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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