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CVE-2013-2065

(1) DL and (2) Fiddle in Ruby 1.9 before 1.9.3 patchlevel 426, and 2.0 before 2.0.0 patchlevel 195, do not perform taint checking for native functions, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended $SAFE level restrictions.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-2065 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from opensuse, from ruby-lang organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-11-02T19:55:04.430

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.1	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.2	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	1.9.3	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.0	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.0.0	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.0.0	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.0.0	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.0.0	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.0.0	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.0.0	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1 ([email protected])
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2065 ([email protected])
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/ Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2065 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/ Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For opensuse's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.