ADVISORIES

• CVE-2006-4112 (NVD)
• GHSA-9wrq-xvmp-xjc8
• Vendor Advisory

GEM

rails

FRAMEWORK

Ruby on Rails

SEVERITY

CVSS v2.0: 7.5 (High)

UNAFFECTED VERSIONS

• < 1.1.0

PATCHED VERSIONS

• >= 1.1.6

DESCRIPTION

Unspecified vulnerability in the "dependency resolution mechanism" in Ruby on Rails 1.1.0 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code via a URL that is not properly handled in the routing code, which leads to a denial of service (application hang) or "data loss," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4111.

RELATED

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4112
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28364
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9wrq-xvmp-xjc8
• http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/10/rails-1-1-6-backports-and-full-disclosure
• https://github.com/presidentbeef/rails-security-history/blob/master/vulnerabilities.md
• https://blog.evanweaver.com/2006/08/12/anatomy-of-an-attack-against-1-1-4
• http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/699540