CVE-2011-1005

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2011-1005 · Published 02/03/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-1005 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting ruby (ruby-lang).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ruby ruby-lang	`= 1.8.6= 1.8.6-420= 1.8.7= 1.8.7-330= 1.8.8`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html
osvdb.org/70957
secunia.com/advisories/43420
secunia.com/advisories/43573
support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
mandriva.com/security/advisories
mandriva.com/security/advisories
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5 · Patch
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html

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