PT-2013-3401 · Ruby · Extlib

Dkubb · Published 2013-04-09 · Updated 2017-10-24 · CVE-2013-1802

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions extlib gem versions 0.9.15 and earlier

Description The issue is related to the improper restriction of casts of string values, which could allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service by consuming memory and CPU. This is achieved by leveraging Action Pack support for YAML type conversion or Symbol type conversion.

Recommendations For extlib gem versions 0.9.15 and earlier, update to a version later than 0.9.15 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-704

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1802

DLA-172-1

GHSA-9H36-4JF2-HX53

Affected Products

Extlib

References · 15

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/extlib/CVE-2013-1802.yml · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/datamapper/extlib/compare/b4f98174ec35ac96f76a08d5624fad05d22879b5...4540e7102b803624cc2eade4bb8aaaa934fc31c5 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1802 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1802 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9h36-4jf2-hx53 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/datamapper/extlib · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130203232028/https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/entries/22915701-january-14-2013-security-vulnerabilities-httparty-extlib-crack-nori-update-these-gems-immediately · Note
• https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/entries/22915701-january-14-2013-security-vulnerabilities-httparty-extlib-crack-nori-update-these-gems-immediately · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917233 · Note