CVE-2015-4410

Public Exploit

Description

The Moped::BSON::ObjecId.legal? method in rubygem-moped before commit dd5a7c14b5d2e466f7875d079af71ad19774609b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker resource consumption) or perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via a crafted string.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.28% Top 20%
Third-Party Advisory fedoraproject.org Third-Party Advisory fedoraproject.org Third-Party Advisory openwall.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory redhat.com Third-Party Advisory blogspot.ru Third-Party Advisory sakurity.com Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html third party advisory exploit
https://homakov.blogspot.ru/2012/05/saferweb-injects-in-various-ruby.html third party advisory exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161987.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161964.html third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229757 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/06/3 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045 vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/mongoid/moped/commit/dd5a7c14b5d2e466f7875d079af71ad19774609b#diff-3b93602f64c2fe46d38efd9f73ef5358R24 exploit
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/653 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-4410?
CVE-2015-4410 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-4410?
To fix CVE-2015-4410, 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-2015-4410 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-4410 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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