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.

• CWE-264

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html
• http://osvdb.org/70957
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43420
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43573
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5Patch
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46458
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920Patch
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html
• http://osvdb.org/70957
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43420
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43573
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2Patch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5Patch
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46458
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920Patch

Published

Mar 2, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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