Description
(1) DL and (2) Fiddle in Ruby 1.9 before 1.9.3 patchlevel 426, and 2.0 before 2.0.0 patchlevel 195, do not perform taint checking for native functions, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended $SAFE level restrictions.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.4/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2065
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2065
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 2, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified