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CVE-2005-1992
The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using…
High7.5EPSS 6.6%
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- redhat
Description
The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- DSA-748 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#684913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- P-312 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 14016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ESB-2005.0732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-09-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 16920 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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