glsa-201404-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201404-04">
  <title>Crack: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in Crack might allow remote attackers to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">crack</product>
  <announced>2014-04-07</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-04-07</revised>
  <bug>460164</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-ruby/crack" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.3.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.3.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Crack is a really simple JSON and XML parsing Ruby gem, ripped from Merb
      and Rails.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An XML parameter parsing vulnerability has been discovered in Crack. </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
      the process, cause a Denial of
      Service condition, or bypass security restrictions.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Crack users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-ruby/crack-0.3.2"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1800">CVE-2013-1800</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-03-17T18:59:21Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-04-07T20:37:34Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>