UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1802

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1802
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1802.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1802
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:50Z
Published
2013-04-09T20:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:10:41.942808Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The extlib gem 0.9.15 and earlier for Ruby does not properly restrict casts of string values, which might allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ruby-extlib

Package

Name
ruby-extlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-extlib@0.9.15-3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.15-3

Ecosystem specific

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    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libextlib-ruby",
            "binary_version": "0.9.15-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextlib-ruby-doc",
            "binary_version": "0.9.15-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextlib-ruby1.8",
            "binary_version": "0.9.15-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libextlib-ruby1.9.1",
            "binary_version": "0.9.15-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-extlib",
            "binary_version": "0.9.15-3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}