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CVE-2008-3655

CVE-2008-3655

28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 14%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDAug 13
1st PoCAug 11
exploitation probability
14%top 4% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not properly restrict access to critical variables and methods at various safe levels, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via (1) untrace_var, (2) $PROGRAM_NAME, and (3) syslog at safe level 4, and (4) insecure methods at safe levels 1 through 3.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/32224exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/32223
⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494401http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31430http://secunia.com/advisories/31697http://secunia.com/advisories/32165http://secunia.com/advisories/32219http://secunia.com/advisories/32255http://secunia.com/advisories/32256http://secunia.com/advisories/32371http://secunia.com/advisories/32372http://secunia.com/advisories/33178http://secunia.com/advisories/35074