Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-1992
The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.088
EPSS Ranking 92.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
- http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
- http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
- http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
- http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
Products affected by CVE-2005-1992
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cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8