CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-16396

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-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/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/ Release Notes
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/not-propagated-taint-flag-in-some-formats-of-pack-cve-2018-16396/ Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/385070 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-11-16 06:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-16396

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16396

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo