Ruby: Object taint bypassing in DL and Fiddle
Published Nov 2, 2013
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.51%
Description
(1) DL and (2) Fiddle in Ruby 1.9 before 1.9.3 patchlevel 426, and 2.0 before 2.0.0 patchlevel 195, do not perform taint checking for native functions, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended $SAFE level restrictions.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 1.9
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.3
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
No data.
OpenShift Enterprise 1
ruby193-ruby
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ruby
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ruby
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ruby
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
ruby193-ruby
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | ruby193-ruby | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ruby | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | ruby193-ruby | Affected | n/a |
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02510) | 84.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02510) | 82.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 55.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 76.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 74.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 1, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 72.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00424) | 70.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 70.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2065 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962035 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2065
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2065 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2065
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/ x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
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