CVE-2012-4522
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-24 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:42
Severity ?
Summary
The rb_get_path_check function in file.c in Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and Ruby 2.0.0 before r37163 allows context-dependent attackers to create files in unexpected locations or with unexpected names via a NUL byte in a file path.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090235.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090515.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0129.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37163
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/6
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/13/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/poisoned-NUL-byte-vulnerability/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090235.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090515.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0129.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37163
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/13/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/poisoned-NUL-byte-vulnerability/
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