CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-16396
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• ruby-lang ruby (>= 2.3.0 <= 2.3.7)
• ruby-lang ruby (>= 2.4.0 <= 2.4.4)
• ruby-lang ruby (>= 2.5.0 <= 2.5.1)
• ruby-lang ruby 2.6.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux 7.6
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 access.redhat.com
- https://hackerone.com/reports/385070 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 access.redhat.com
- https://hackerone.com/reports/385070 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/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