CVE-2005-1992 (GCVE-0-2005-1992)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-06-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:06
VLAI?
Summary
The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERT
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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