CVE-2008-3655

N/A
Published: August 13, 2008 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRuby

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%

Description

Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not properly restrict access to critical variables and methods at various safe levels, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via (1) untrace_var, (2) $PROGRAM_NAME, and (3) syslog at safe level 4, and (4) insecure methods at safe levels 1 through 3.

References (32)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31430
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31697
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32165
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32219
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32255
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32256

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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