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CVE-2013-0269

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2013-02-16 Ruby -- Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2013-0269
Phase Assigned(20121206)

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."

References

Source Reference
MLIST [oss-security] 20130211 Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON [CVE-2013-0269]
MLIST [oss-security] 20130211 Patch update for [CVE-2013-0269]
MLIST [rubyonrails-security] 20130211 Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON [CVE-2013-0269]
MISC http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection
CONFIRM http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/
CONFIRM http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed
APPLE APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5
REDHAT RHSA-2013:0686
REDHAT RHSA-2013:0701
REDHAT RHSA-2013:1028
REDHAT RHSA-2013:1147
SLACKWARE SSA:2013-075-01
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0603
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:0609
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:0647
UBUNTU USN-1733-1
BID 57899
OSVDB 90074
SECUNIA 52075
SECUNIA 52774
SECUNIA 52902
XF json-ruby-security-bypass(82010)