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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://secunia.com/advisories/37949 | Not Applicable Vendor Advisory |
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 |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2010-01-13T20:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-10T18:57:01
Reserved: 2009-12-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-4492
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2010-01-13T20:30:00.530
Modified: 2023-08-01T18:59:27.303
Link: CVE-2009-4492
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE