CVE-2005-1992 (GCVE-0-2005-1992)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-06-20 04:00
Modified
2024-08-07 22:06
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
secalert@redhat.com http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913 US Government Resource
secalert@redhat.com http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
secalert@redhat.com http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
secalert@redhat.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913 US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
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