CVE-2013-2065

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2065
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-02 19:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Description(1) DL and (2) Fiddle in Ruby 1.9 before 1.9.3 patchlevel 426, and 2.0 before 2.0.0 patchlevel 195, do not perform taint checking for native functions, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended $SAFE level restrictions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p0 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p125 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p194 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p286 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p383 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p385 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 p392 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 p0 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 preview1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 preview2 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: ruby-1.9.3.429-30.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Object taint bypassing in DL and Fiddle in Ruby (CVE-2013-2065) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-2035-1: Ruby vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1611-1: moderate: update for ruby19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: ruby-2.0.0.195-8.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2013-2065 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: ruby-1.9.3.429-30.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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