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Ruby Improper Input Validation Vulnerability - CVE-2009-4492 - Vulnerability Database
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Ruby Improper Input Validation Vulnerability - CVE-2009-4492

Medium
Reference: CVE-2009-4492
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4492
Title: Ruby Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Overview:

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 window39s title or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.