GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-w248-xr37-jx8m fastreader Gem for Ruby URI Handling Arbitrary Command Injection
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2013-2615
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- fastreader
- Severity
- High
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• RubyGems fastreader: >= 1.0.0 (no fix yet)
Description
fastreader Gem for Ruby contains a flaw that is triggered during the handling of specially crafted input passed via a URL that contains a ';' character. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary commands.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2013-2615 lib/entry_controller.rb in the fastreader Gem 1.0.8 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2615 advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/fastreader/CVE-2013-2615.yml web
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120776/Ruby-Gem-Fastreader-1.0.8-Command-Execution.html web
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120845/Ruby-Gem-Fastreader-1.0.8-Code-Execution.html web
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/122 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/19/9 web