CVE-2005-1992 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08762.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Redhat	Enterprise Linux
Yukihiro Matsumoto	Ruby

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4	RHSA-2005:543	2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1992
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1992

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2005-06-20T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.994Z

Reserved: 2005-06-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1992

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-06-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1992

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-06-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-1992 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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