CVE-2006-4111

N/A Unknown

Published: August 14, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Ruby on Rails before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute Ruby code with "severe" or "serious" impact via a File Upload request with an HTTP header that modifies the LOAD_PATH variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4112.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://blog.koehntopp.de/archives/1367-Ruby-On-Rails-Mandatory-Mystery-Patch.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/21466

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21749

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016673

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19454

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3237

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://blog.koehntopp.de/archives/1367-Ruby-On-Rails-Mandatory-Mystery-Patch.html