| Name | CVE-2009-4492 |
| Description | WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 564598, 564646, 564647 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ruby1.8 | source | (unstable) | 1.8.7.249-1 | unimportant | 564598 | |
| ruby1.9 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | 564647 | |
| ruby1.9.1 | source | (unstable) | 1.9.1.378-1 | unimportant | 564646 |
The actual issue is within the broken terminal emulators and needs to be fixed there, see CVE-2009-4487
same as CVE-2009-4487