CVE-2013-2065

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.35%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ruby-lang.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2065
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1 vendor advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/ exploit patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2065?
CVE-2013-2065 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2065?
To fix CVE-2013-2065, 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-2013-2065 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-2065 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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