CVE-2013-4389 (GCVE-0-2013-4389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2887 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=r… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2013-10-16 00:00
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      "initial_release_date": "2013-10-16T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "70",
      "product_status:known_affected": "7",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "rubygem-actionmailer: email address processing DoS",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2013/cve-2013-4389.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-10-08T00:41:25Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2013-4389",
      "id": "CVE-2013-4389",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:36:06Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "36",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2013-4389",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2013-4389.json",
      "version": "7"
    }
  }
}



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