27144 : Ruby alias Function Safe Level Security Bypass
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Disclosure

Jul 11, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

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Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Ruby contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered due to an unspecified error in the handling of the "alias" functionality. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Other
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.8.5, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds. This vulnerability has also been fixed in a snapshot version in the CVS repository.

Products

Yukihiro Matsumoto

Ruby

1.8.4

References

FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2006-2760
Bugtraq ID: 18944
Related OSVDB ID: 27145
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0604
Other Advisory URL: http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2383768862/index.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Sep/0001.html
ISS X-Force ID: 27725
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P.asc http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:134
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-325-1
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1139
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1157
Secunia Advisory ID: 21009 21233 21236 21272 21337 21598 21657 21749
CVE ID: 2006-3694 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/
Vendor URL: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

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