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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0204 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9h36-4jf2-hx53 extlib does not properly restrict casts of string values
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:13:33.181Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2013-1802

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-04-09T20:55:01.977

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-1802

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