CVE-2013-1801

Summary

CVECVE-2013-1801
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-09 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe httparty gem 0.9.0 and earlier for Ruby does not properly restrict casts of string values, which might allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by leveraging Action Pack support for YAML type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.

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-264 | 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 Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.2 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.3 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.5 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.6 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.7 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.1.8 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.10 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.2 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.3 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.4 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.5 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.6 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.7 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.8 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.2.9 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.3.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.3.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.4.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.4.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.4.2 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.4.3 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.4.4 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.4.5 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.5.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.5.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.5.2 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.6.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.6.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.2 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.3 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.4 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.5 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.6 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.7 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.7.8 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.8.0 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.8.1 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.8.2 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty 0.8.3 All All All
Application Jnunemaker Httparty All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ruby HTTParty CVE-2013-1801 Parameter Parsing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
January 14, 2013: Security vulnerabilities: httparty, extlib, crack, nori: Update these gems immediately : Engine Yard Developer Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.cloud.engineyard.com
Remove yaml due to possible security risk. · jnunemaker/httparty@53a8124 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
917229 – (CVE-2013-1801) CVE-2013-1801 rubygem-httparty: YAML parameter parsing vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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