CVE-2006-4111

Description

Ruby on Rails before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute Ruby code with "severe" or "serious" impact via a File Upload request with an HTTP header that modifies the LOAD_PATH variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4112.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.89% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21466 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21749 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19454 vdb entry patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3237 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://blog.koehntopp.de/archives/1367-Ruby-On-Rails-Mandatory-Mystery-Patch.html patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html vendor advisory
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016673 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4111?
CVE-2006-4111 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4111?
To fix CVE-2006-4111, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-4111 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-4111 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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