CVE-2013-0333
EPSS 91.8%activesupport in Rails vulnerable to incorrect data conversion
Published: 10/24/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
lib/active_support/json/backends/yaml.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x before 3.0.20 does not properly convert JSON data to YAML data for processing by a YAML parser, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, conduct SQL injection attacks, or bypass authentication via crafted data that triggers unsafe decoding, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0156.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2.3.14.1
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2.3.5-1.2+squeeze6
- RubyGems/activesupport>= 2.3.2, < 2.3.16
References (21)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xgr2-v94m-rc9g
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0333
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0333
- WEBhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- WEBhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0201.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0202.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0203.html
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0201
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0202
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0203
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0333
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903440
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2013-0333.yml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rubyonrails-security/1h2DR63ViGo
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/52179af76915e518?dmode=source&output=gplain
- WEBhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0333
- WEBhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- WEBhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/1/28/Rails-3-0-20-and-2-3-16-have-been-released
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2613
- WEBhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/628463