CVE-2013-1802 (GCVE-0-2013-1802)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-04-09 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The extlib gem 0.9.15 and earlier for Ruby does not properly restrict casts of string values, which might allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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| https://github.com/datamapper/extlib/compare/b4f9… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/entries/2291… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917233 | x_refsource_MISC |
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