High severity · published Nov 16, 2018
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
8.1
CVSS
8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.0% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 7.4; 7.5; 7.6 · source: NVD
RU
Ruby · Ruby-lang
2.3.0 through 2.3.7; 2.4.0 through 2.4.4; 2.5.0 through 2.5.1; 2.6.0; 2.6.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16396
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16396
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
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