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TI-2010-00513 Aliases CVE-2010-0541GHSA-h9r2-943c-qg8v

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WEBrick HTTP server in Ruby in Apple Mac…

Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WEBrick HTTP server in Ruby in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 10.6.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URI that triggers a UTF-7 error page.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02814 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.8VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.8VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.3VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.3 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2011:0909 Released 2011-06-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ruby security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) ruby-1.8.5-19.el5_6.1, ruby-1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.i386, ruby-1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ia64 +33
  • RHSA-2011:0908 Released 2011-06-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ruby security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 irb-1.8.1-16.el4, irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386, irb-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64 +25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 irb-1.8.1-16.el4, irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386, ruby-1.8.1-16.el4 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 irb-1.8.1-16.el4, irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386, irb-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 irb-1.8.1-16.el4, irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386, irb-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64 +18

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)Fixed RHSA-2011:0909
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:0908
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:0908
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:0908
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2011:0908
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0541
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h9r2-943c-qg8v

References

Patch 1

Advisory 6

  • TI-2021-01573 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-01572 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02117 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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