CVE - CVE-2012-4466

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-4466	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/cve-2012-4464-cve-2012-4466/ CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862614 CONFIRM:https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0294 FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-15376 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089554.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-15395 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089887.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2013:124 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068 MLIST:[oss-security] 20121002 CVE Request: Ruby safe level bypasses URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20121003 Re: CVE Request: Ruby safe level bypasses URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/9
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120821	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20120821)
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