HIGH
security flaw
Published Oct 7, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.26%
Description
Ruby 1.6.x up to 1.6.8, 1.8.x up to 1.8.2, and 1.9.0 development up to 2005-09-01 allows attackers to bypass safe level and taint flag protections and execute disallowed code when Ruby processes a program through standard input (stdin).
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.8
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2_pre1
- 1.8.2_pre2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
ruby-0:1.6.8-9.EL3.4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:799
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.2
Fixed · RHSA-2005:799
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ruby-0:1.6.8-9.EL3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:799 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:799 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.26% 0.03256
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03256
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03256) | 87.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03256) | 86.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 14.42% (0.14418) | 94.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 15.98% (0.15981) | 94.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 10, 2025 | 23.92% (0.23924) | 95.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 20.63% (0.20626) | 95.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 30.17% (0.30166) | 94.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 20.63% (0.20626) | 94.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 22.18% (0.22175) | 95.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.25% (0.03250) | 91.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.08% (0.02079) | 89.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 1.59% (0.01593) | 86.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.15% (0.03145) | 89.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (32)
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-860 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-862 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-864 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/160012 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-799.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20051003.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14909 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014948.html vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-195-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2337 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617706 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22360 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2337
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10564 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2337
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner certcc
Published Oct 7, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 21, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2337
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a