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CVE-2005-1992

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2005-06-23	ruby -- arbitrary command execution on XMLRPC server

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CVE-2005-1992 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2005-1992
Phase	Assigned(20050620)

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.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
CONFIRM	http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
APPLE	APPLE-SA-2005-09-22
DEBIAN	DSA-748
REDHAT	RHSA-2005:543
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2005:018
AUSCERT	ESB-2005.0732
CERT-VN	VU#684913
CIAC	P-312
BID	14016
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10819
SECUNIA	16920