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CVE-2012-4464 Details

Description

Ruby 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 (1) exc_to_s or (2) name_err_to_s API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4466. NOTE: this issue might exist because of a CVE-2011-1005 regression.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089554.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089887.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862598	CVE
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/9	CVE
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/cve-2012-4464-cve-2012-4466/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089554.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089887.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862598	[email protected]
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/9	[email protected]
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/cve-2012-4464-cve-2012-4466/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ruby-lang ruby	1.9.3 1.9.3 p0 1.9.3 p125 1.9.3 p194 2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:preview1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:preview2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc2:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

ruby-lang ruby

1.9.3

1.9.3 p0

1.9.3 p125

1.9.3 p194

2.0

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 26, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]