CVE-2011-3624 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

53%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

23%

Various methods in WEBrick::HTTPRequest in Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.8.7 and earlier do not validate the X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Server headers in requests, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass intended address parsing via a crafted header.

Various methods in WEBrick::HTTPRequest in Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.8.7 and earlier do not validate the X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Server headers in requests, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass intended address parsing via a crafted header.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

ruby-lang Ruby

First reported 5 years ago

2019-11-26 03:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-12-11 22:15:00

Affected Software

ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7

1.8.7

ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.2

1.9.2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3624

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3624

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5418

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3624

Third Party Advisory

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