CVE-2009-4492

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 products

Red Hat, Ruby

Ruby-lang Webrick

= 1.3.1

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

7.5 HIGH

EPSS

15.9% (97th percentile)

NVD status

Modified

Published

2010-01-13