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CVE-2013-0269

high · 7.5

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."

7.5
CVSS
13.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2013-02-13
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
rubygemsjson_gem1.5.0
rubygemsjson_gem1.5.1
rubygemsjson_gem1.5.2
rubygemsjson_gem1.5.3
rubygemsjson_gem1.5.4
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.0
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.1
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.2
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.3
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.4
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.5
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.6
rubygemsjson_gem1.6.7
rubygemsjson_gem1.7.0
rubygemsjson_gem1.7.1
rubygemsjson_gem1.7.2
rubygemsjson_gem1.7.3
rubygemsjson_gem1.7.4
rubygemsjson_gem1.7.5
rubygemsjson_gem1.7.6

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References

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