National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2013-0162

Overview

The diff_pp function in lib/gauntlet_rubyparser.rb in the ruby_parser gem 3.1.1 and earlier for Ruby allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892806

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892806

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0548

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0544

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html