CVE-2009-4492

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-01-11
Bugzilla:
554485: CVE-2009-4492 ruby WEBrick log escape sequence

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Find out more about CVE-2009-4492 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (ruby) RHSA-2011:0909 2011-06-28
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (ruby) RHSA-2011:0908 2011-06-28

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