Multiple format string vulnerabilities in log_subscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-4389 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
This issue did not affect the versions of rubygem-actionmailer as shipped with Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 as they do not include support for sending email using user supplied addresses.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | rubygem-actionmailer | Not affected |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-actionmailer | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ruby193-rubygem-actionmailer | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-rubygem-actionmailer | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | ruby193-rubygem-actionmailer | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | ruby193-rubygem-actionmailer | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 | ruby193-rubygem-actionmailer | Will not fix |
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