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CVE-2013-0269

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
13/02/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:json_gem:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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