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CVE-2005-1992

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
20/06/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

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:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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