Incomplete Fix for CVE-2011-1005 Allows Context-Dependent String Modification in Ruby 1.8.7

CVE-2012-4481 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.7 allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the NameError#to_s method when operating on Ruby objects. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005.

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