CVE-2011-1005

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, and 1.8.8dev allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the Exception#to_s method, as demonstrated by changing an intended pathname.

Affected products

Red Hat, Ruby

Ruby-lang Ruby

= 1.8.6, 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7, 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

5.0 MEDIUM

EPSS

2.8% (85th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-264

NVD status

Modified

Published

2011-03-02