CVE-2006-3694 Security feature bypass in n/a
Medium 6.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-3694 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-3694 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2006. 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-2006-3694 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-2006-3694/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3694/index.md)
Remote attackers can bypass Ruby safe level restrictions via alias functions and directory operations, potentially executing unauthorized code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-3694?
CVE-2006-3694 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ruby before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to bypass "safe level" checks via unspecified vectors involving (1) the alias function and (2) "directory operations".
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3694?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.8-9.EL3.6 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.6 |
Products include Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3694?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-3694 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3694 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-1139-1, GHSA-rx2v-jmvm-3c4h, RHSA-2006:0604.