CVE-2006-4112

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the "dependency resolution mechanism" in Ruby on Rails 1.1.0 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code via a URL that is not properly handled in the routing code, which leads to a denial of service (application hang) or "data loss," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4111.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.98% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

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://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/10/rails-1-1-6-backports-and-full-disclosure	patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28364	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442934/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/699540	us government resource third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/21424	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016673	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4112?: CVE-2006-4112 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4112?: To fix CVE-2006-4112, 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-2006-4112 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4112 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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