Resource management error in Opensuse - CVE-2013-0233

 

Resource management error in Opensuse - CVE-2013-0233

Published: April 26, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42868
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0233
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

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

Devise gem 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.1.x before 2.1.3, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 for Ruby, when using certain databases, does not properly perform type conversion when performing database queries, which might allow remote attackers to cause incorrect results to be returned and bypass security checks via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by resetting passwords of arbitrary accounts. Per http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00000.html "Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2"


Affected software

Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2013-0233

Install update from vendor's website.


Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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