Ruby: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC

Ruby: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC A vulnerability in XMLRPC.iPIMethods allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. ruby July 11, 2005 July 11, 2005: 01 96784 remote 1.8.2-r2 1.8.2-r2

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. XML-RPC is a remote procedure call protocol encoded in XML.

Nobuhiro IMAI reported that an invalid default value in "utils.rb" causes the security protections of the XML-RPC server to fail.

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest available version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2-r2"

CAN-2005-1992 Ruby Security Announcement vorlon078 DerCorny koon