CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-4492
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-01-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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 window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.
Affected configurations
• ruby-lang webrick 1.3.1
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37949 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023429 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/01/10/webrick-escape-sequence-injection Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37710 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Broken Link, Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0089 Permissions Required
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37949 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023429 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/01/10/webrick-escape-sequence-injection Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37710 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Broken Link, Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0089 Permissions Required