Object-injection and code execution vulnerability in extlib gem 0.9.15 and earlier for Ruby

CVE-2013-1802 · HIGH Severity

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

The extlib gem 0.9.15 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 (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.

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