CVE-2011-1005

Public Exploit

Description

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, and 1.8.8dev allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the Exception#to_s method, as demonstrated by changing an intended pathname.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.96% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory ruby-lang.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5 mailing list patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43573 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2 mailing list patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/70957 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46458 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43420 third party advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/ exploit patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1005?
CVE-2011-1005 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1005?
To fix CVE-2011-1005, 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-2011-1005 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1005 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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