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CVE-2011-1005

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CVE-2011-1005

Published: Mar 2, 2011

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, and 1.8.8dev allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the Exception#to_s method, as demonstrated by changing an intended pathname.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
n/a

References

RHSA-2011:0910
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
MDVSA-2011:098
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
ADV-2011-0539
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
RHSA-2011:0909
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
43573
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2011:0908
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
70957
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
FEDORA-2011-1876
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2011-1913
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
46458
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MDVSA-2011:097
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
43420
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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