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CVE-2013-0156

CVE information

Published

11 years ago

Last Modified

1 year ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
3.0.0 3.0.19
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
3.1.0 3.1.10
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 2.3.15
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
3.2.0 3.2.11
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -