PT-2013-4991 · Ruby+1 · Ruby On Rails+1

Published 2013-10-17 · Updated 2023-05-19 · CVE-2013-4389

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ruby on Rails versions prior to 3.2.15

Description The issue concerns multiple format string vulnerabilities in the log subscriber.rb files within the log subscriber component of Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by remote attackers who send crafted e-mail addresses, which are then improperly handled during the construction of a log message, leading to a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.15, update to version 3.2.15 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4389

DSA-2887-1

DSA-2888-1

GHSA-RG5M-3FQP-6PX8

SUSE-SU-2014_0137-1

SUSE-SU-2014_0686-1

Affected Products

Ruby On Rails

Suse

References · 43

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionmailer/CVE-2013-4389.yml · Exploit
• 🔥 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/yvlR1Vx44c8/elKJkpO2KVgJ · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4389 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4389 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2887 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6414 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4389 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00094.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4491 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4389 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4389 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00091.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6417 · Security Note