Bug 862614 (CVE-2012-4466)

Summary: CVE-2012-4466 ruby: safe level bypass via name_err_mesg_to_str()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Priority: low    
Version: unspecifiedCC: bkabrda, jrusnack, mfisher, mmcgrath, mmorsi, mtasaka, tagoh, vanmeeuwen+fedora, vdanen, vondruch
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Fixed In Version: ruby 1.9.3p286, ruby 1.8.7p371 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On: 839530, 862907, 863315, 904021    
Bug Blocks: 767033, 862631    

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-10-03 11:47:46 UTC 
Originally, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2011-1005 to the following vulnerability:

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.

Later it was reported:
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4

that the Ruby name_err_mesg_to_str() method is vulnerable to the similar flaw.

Relevant upstream patch:
[2] http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068
Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2012-10-03 20:57:38 UTC 
*** Bug 862906 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Vincent Danen 2012-10-03 21:03:24 UTC 
Created ruby tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 862907]
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-28 19:08:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift Enterprise

Via RHSA-2013:0582 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0582.html