CVE-2018-16396

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.

An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-11-16 18:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Ruby-lang Ruby

Ruby-lang Ruby 2.6.0 Preview 1

2.6.0

Ruby-lang Ruby 2.6.0 Preview 2

2.6.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Edition

18.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10

18.10

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0 (7)

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4

7.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5

7.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6

7.6

References

openSUSE-SU-2019:1771

1042106

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

RHSA-2018:3729

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2018:3730

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2018:3731

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2019:2028

https://hackerone.com/reports/385070

Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20181028 [SECURITY] [DLA 1558-1] ruby2.1 security update

Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/

Third Party Advisory

USN-3808-1

Third Party Advisory

DSA-4332

Third Party Advisory

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/not-propagated-taint-flag-in-some-formats-of-pack-cve-2018-16396/

Vendor Advisory

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released/

Release Notes

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/

Release Notes

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released/

Release Notes

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released/

Release Notes

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