CVE-2012-4466

Publication date 3 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ruby1.8 12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu0.2
11.04 natty
Fixed 1.8.7.302-2ubuntu0.2
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.8.7.249-2ubuntu0.2
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
ruby1.9 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
ruby1.9.1 12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.3
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

affects 1.8.x, as well as 1.9.3-p0 and newer

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
ruby1.8
ruby1.9.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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