CVE-2013-0269

rubygem-json: Denial of Service and SQL Injection

Published Feb 13, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 13.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-215-1 libjson-ruby security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-263-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2192-1 ruby2.1 security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x457-cw4h-hq5f JSON gem has Improper Input Validation vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1733-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/52075 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/52902 cve-icon cve-icon
http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed cve-icon cve-icon
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/90074 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/22/json-dos-cve-2013-0269/ cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57899 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82010 cve-icon cve-icon
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/d8e0db6e08c81428?dmode=source&output=gplain cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0269 cve-icon
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0269 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0269 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:18 PM
Reserved
Dec 6, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 13, 2013, 1:55 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:49 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 11, 2013, 12:00 AM