Vulnerability CVE-2018-16396
Published: 2018-11-16

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.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Ruby-lang -> RUBY 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
https://hackerone.com/reports/385070
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/not-propagated-taint-flag-in-some-formats-of-pack-cve-2018-16396/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released/
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