ruby/webrick · Security

WEBrick Improper Input Validation vulnerability

GHSA ID
GHSA-6mq2-37j5-w6r6
CVE ID
CVE-2009-4492
Severity
medium
Published
Updated

Description

WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

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