CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-4492

Published: Jan 13, 2010 | Modified: Aug 01, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE

WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a windows title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Webrick Ruby-lang 1.3.1 (including) 1.3.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat ruby-0:1.8.1-16.el4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat ruby-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1 *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu dapper *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu hardy *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu intrepid *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu jaunty *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu karmic *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu upstream *
Ruby1.9 Ubuntu dapper *
Ruby1.9 Ubuntu hardy *
Ruby1.9 Ubuntu intrepid *
Ruby1.9 Ubuntu jaunty *
Ruby1.9 Ubuntu karmic *
Ruby1.9 Ubuntu lucid *
Ruby1.9.1 Ubuntu karmic *
Ruby1.9.1 Ubuntu upstream *

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