CVE-2005-1992 Command injection in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-1992 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-1992 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1992/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1992/index.md)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands due to invalid default security settings in the Ruby XMLRPC server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1992?
CVE-2005-1992 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1992?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (32)
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1 |
Products include Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1992?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2005-1992 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-748-1, GHSA-vf66-crpm-448h, RHSA-2005:543.