SB2012112404 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby

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SB2012112404 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby

Published: November 24, 2012 Updated: December 27, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2012112404
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1821)

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via crafted text nodes in an XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.


2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4522)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The rb_get_path_check function in file.c in Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and Ruby 2.0.0 before r37163 allows context-dependent attackers to create files in unexpected locations or with unexpected names via a NUL byte in a file path.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References