CVE-2005-1992
N/A
Published: June 20, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRuby
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIAC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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