CVE-2008-3657Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-3657 | First vendor Publication | 2008-08-12 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2011-07-13 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentification | None Required |
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Security Protection
| Impacts | Provides unauthorized access : Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service. |
Detail
The dl module in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not check "taintness" of inputs, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe levels and execute dangerous functions by accessing a library using DL.dlopen. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3657 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9793 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9793 | ||
| Title: | The dl module in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not check "taintness" of inputs, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe levels and execute dangerous functions by accessing a library using DL.dlopen. | ||
| Description: | The dl module in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not check "taintness" of inputs, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe levels and execute dangerous functions by accessing a library using DL.dlopen. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-3657 |
Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 47472 | Ruby dl Module DL.dlopen Arbitrary Library Access |
Internal Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2013-05-11 00:23:36 |
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(Critical)
(High)
