Executive Summary

Summary
Title Crack: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201404-04 First vendor Publication 2014-04-07
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-04-07
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

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

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Crack might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Crack is a really simple JSON and XML parsing Ruby gem, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Description

An XML parameter parsing vulnerability has been discovered in Crack.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Crack users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/crack-0.3.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1800 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1800

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201404-04.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201404-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-04-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201404-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-04-09 13:22:24
  • Multiple Updates
2014-04-08 00:19:33
  • First insertion