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CVE-2013-0269

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Date: February 12, 2013

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."

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (31)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html

Url: https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0269

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20160331131233/http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed

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

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

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

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

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20160808163226/https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0269

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html

Url: https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/json/CVE-2013-0269.yml

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20130228082541/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57899

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

Url: https://github.com/flori/json

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0269

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

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82010

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

Url: http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-0269

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version json - 1.7.7;json - 1.5.5;json - 1.6.8

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2013-0269

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Date: February 12, 2013

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

Related Resources (31)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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