CVE-2010-2489
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.2 · Memory corruption
7.2CVSS HIGH
Summary
Buffer overflow in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.1-p429 on Windows might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted ARGF.inplace_mode value that is not properly handled when constructing the filenames of the backup files.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/07/02/ruby-1-9-1-p429-is-released/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/07/02/ruby-1-9-1-p429-is-released/Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40442Advisory
- http://osdir.com/ml/ruby-talk/2010-07/msg00095.html
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_9_1_429/ChangeLog
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_9_2_rc1/ChangeLog
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/02/10
- http://www.osvdb.org/66040