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    CVE-2012-4466

    Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005.

    Published:Oct 2, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Apr 25, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.01549
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Ruby-lang
    Product
    Ruby

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089554.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089887.html
    http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/9
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/cve-2012-4464-cve-2012-4466/
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862614
    https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0294
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089554.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089887.html
    http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/9
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/cve-2012-4464-cve-2012-4466/
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862614
    https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0294

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    Integrity
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