CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4522
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-11-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The rb_get_path_check function in file.c in Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and Ruby 2.0.0 before r37163 allows context-dependent attackers to create files in unexpected locations or with unexpected names via a NUL byte in a file path.
Affected configurations
• ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3
• ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090235.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090515.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0129.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37163 svn.ruby-lang.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/13/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/poisoned-NUL-byte-vulnerability/ www.ruby-lang.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090235.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090515.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0129.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37163 svn.ruby-lang.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/13/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/poisoned-NUL-byte-vulnerability/ www.ruby-lang.org