PT-2013-3856 · Ruby · Minimagick Gem

Published 2013-03-20 · Updated 2017-11-30 · CVE-2013-2616

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 MiniMagick Gem version 1.3.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL. This is possible due to a flaw in the lib/mini magick.rb file of the MiniMagick Gem for Ruby.

Recommendations For MiniMagick Gem version 1.3.1, consider avoiding the use of URLs that may contain shell metacharacters until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the input allowed for URLs to prevent the inclusion of shell metacharacters. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2616

GHSA-W754-GQ8R-PF5F

Affected Products

Minimagick Gem

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mini_magick/CVE-2013-2616.yml · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w754-gq8r-pf5f · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2616 · Security Note
• https://github.com/minimagick/minimagick · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/123 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/91231 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/58448 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120777/Ruby-Gem-Minimagic-Command-Execution.html · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130315095512/http://securityfocus.com/bid/58448 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/19/9 · Note