4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2012-4481

Published: 02/05/2013 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.7 allows context-dependent malicious users to modify strings via the NameError#to_s method when operating on Ruby objects. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: ruby security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated ruby packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact Common Vulnerability Scoring ...
Synopsis Moderate: ruby security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated ruby packages that fix two security issues and one bug are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact Commo ...
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