PT-2011-1453 · Ruby · Ruby Version Manager

Published 2011-01-20 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2010-3928

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ruby Version Manager (RVM) versions prior to 1.2.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file. This is related to an "escape sequence injection vulnerability" where file contents are written to a terminal without proper sanitization of non-printable characters.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.1, update to version 1.2.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of potentially crafted files until the update is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3928

Affected Products

Ruby Version Manager

References · 8

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0174 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42952 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3928 · Security Note
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000005.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/45841 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/70521 · Note
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN30414126/index.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64746 · Note