Object-injection vulnerability in the httparty gem 0.9.0 and earlier for Ruby
CVE-2013-1801 · HIGH Severity
AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The httparty gem 0.9.0 and earlier for Ruby does not properly restrict casts of string values, which might allow remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by leveraging Action Pack support for YAML type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.
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