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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.

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.0%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.97% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • hackerone.com /reports/385070 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • ruby-lang.org /en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3729 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3730 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3731 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • ruby-lang.org /en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4332 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3808-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • ruby-lang.org /en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ruby-lang.org /en/news/2018/10/17/not-propagated-taint-flag-in-some-formats-of-pack-cve-2018-16396/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ruby-lang.org /en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1042106 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:2028 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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