Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-1992 First vendor Publication 2005-06-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1992

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10819
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10819
Title: The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Description: The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-1992
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for ruby
File : nvt/sles9p5016692.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-10 (ruby)
File : nvt/glsa_200507_10.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: ruby, ruby_static
File : nvt/freebsd_ruby1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 748-1 (ruby1.8)
File : nvt/deb_748_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
17407 Ruby XMLRPC Server Unspecified Arbitrary Command Execution

Ruby's XMLRPC server module contains a flaw related to the toggling of public_instance_methods from FALSE to TRUE, that may allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary code. No further details have been provided.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-01-12 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-773.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-543.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-146-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-09-23 Name : The remote operating system is missing a vendor-supplied patch.
File : macosx_SecUpd2005-008.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-08-07 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-543.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_594eb447e39811d9a8bd000cf18bbe54.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-748.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-11 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200507-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-06-28 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-475.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-06-22 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-474.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
AUSCERT http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
CERT-VN http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913
CIAC http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
CONFIRM http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html

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