National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2013-0269

Overview

The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

Impact

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External Source: MLIST

Name: [rubyonrails-security] 20130211 Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON [CVE-2013-0269]

Hyperlink:https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/d8e0db6e08c81428?dmode=source&output=gplain

External Source: XF

Name: json-ruby-security-bypass(82010)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/82010

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection

Hyperlink:http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1733-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1

External Source: BID

Name: 57899

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57899

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 90074

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/90074

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20130211 Patch update for [CVE-2013-0269]

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/8

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20130211 Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON [CVE-2013-0269]

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/7

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed

Hyperlink:http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 52902

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/52902

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 52774

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/52774

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 52075

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/52075

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0701

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0686

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0603

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2013-075-01

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0104.html