CVE-2009-4492
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 13, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 30, 2009
Description
WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/01/10/webrick-escape-sequence-injection
- RHSA-2011:0909vendor-advisory
- 37949third-party-advisory
- ADV-2010-0089vdb-entry
- RHSA-2011:0908vendor-advisory
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt
- 37710vdb-entry
- 20100110 Nginx, Varnish, Cherokee, thttpd, mini-httpd, WEBrick, Orion, AOLserver, Yaws and Boa log escape sequence injectionmailing-list
- 1023429vdb-entry
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