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CVE-2013-0269

The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

Published

2013-02-13T01:55:05.107

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application rubygems json_gem 1.5.0 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.5.1 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.5.2 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.5.3 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.5.4 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.0 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.1 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.2 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.3 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.4 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.5 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.6 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.6.7 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.7.0 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.7.1 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.7.2 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.7.3 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.7.4 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.7.5 Yes
Application rubygems json_gem 1.7.6 Yes
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