CVE-2006-3694
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ruby before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers to bypass "safe level" checks via unspecified vectors involving (1) the alias function and (2) "directory operations".
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3689)
- Published
- July 21, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3689 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- yukihiro matsumoto / ruby
- yukihiro matsumoto / ruby
- yukihiro matsumoto / ruby
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2313947696/index.html
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2383768862/index.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-July/003907.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-July/003915.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21009(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21233(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21236(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21272(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21337(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21598
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21657
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21749
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1139(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1157
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:134
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/27144
- http://www.osvdb.org/27145
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0604.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18944(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-325-1(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2760
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27725
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9983
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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