CVE-2015-3649
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
open-uri-cached Gem for Ruby Unsafe Temporary File Creation Enables Code Execution
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | open-uri-cached | | |
| RubyGems | open-uri-cached | <=1.0.0 | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| open-uri-cached_project | open-uri-cached | 0.0.5 | |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/373
- http://www.benjaminfleischer.com/2013/03/20/yaml-and-security-in-ruby/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/06/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74469
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/blob/master/lib/open-uri/cached.rb#L115
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/blob/master/lib/open-uri/cached.rb#L25
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/blob/master/lib/open-uri/cached.rb#L39
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3649
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/issues/8
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/open-uri-cached/CVE-2015-3649.yml
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/blob/master/lib/open-uri/cached.rb
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210119122105/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74469
- http://www.benjaminfleischer.com/2013/03/20/yaml-and-security-in-ruby
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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