Description
Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005.
Published: 2013-04-25
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4395 Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005.
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.685Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4466

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-04-25T23:55:01.340

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4466

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4466 - Bugzilla

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