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CVE-2009-4492 Detail

Description

WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/21/2010)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4492 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023429 Broken Link  Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/01/10/webrick-escape-sequence-injection Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37710 Broken Link  Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Broken Link  Exploit 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0089 Permissions Required 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4492
NVD Published Date:
01/13/2010
NVD Last Modified:
08/01/2023
Source:
MITRE