When was CVE-2005-1992 disclosed?

CVE-2005-1992 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 20, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-1992 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-1992 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 92.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-1992?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-1992, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-1992

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 92.6%
KEV: Not listed

References (26)

secalert@redhathttp://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237
secalert@redhathttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
secalert@redhathttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
secalert@redhathttp://www.auscert.org.au/5509
secalert@redhathttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748
secalert@redhathttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913
secalert@redhathttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016
secalert@redhathttp://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10819
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064

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