Vulnerability CVE-2014-2734


Published: 2014-04-24   Modified: 2014-04-25

Description:
** DISPUTED ** The openssl extension in Ruby 2.x does not properly maintain the state of process memory after a file is reopened, which allows remote attackers to spoof signatures within the context of a Ruby script that attempts signature verification after performing a certain sequence of filesystem operations. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the Ruby OpenSSL team and third parties, who state that the original demonstration PoC contains errors and redundant or unnecessarily-complex code that does not appear to be related to a demonstration of the issue. As of 20140502, CVE is not aware of any public comment by the original researcher.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Ruby OpenSSL private key spoofing
Gregory Disney
17.04.2014

Type:

CWE-399

(Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Ruby-lang -> RUBY 

 References:
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/05/09/dispute-of-vulnerability-cve-2014-2734/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7601973
https://github.com/adrienthebo/cve-2014-2734/
https://gist.github.com/emboss/91696b56cd227c8a0c13
https://gist.github.com/10446549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66956
http://www.osvdb.org/106006
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/13
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/231
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126218/Ruby-OpenSSL-Private-Key-Spoofing.html

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