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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. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some fo...

HighCVSS 8.1 EPSS 8.0%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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 products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ruby-lang ruby >= 2.3.0, <= 2.3.7 No fix listed
ruby-lang ruby >= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.4 No fix listed
ruby-lang ruby >= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.1 No fix listed
ruby-lang ruby = 2.6.0-preview1 No fix listed
ruby-lang ruby = 2.6.0-preview2 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 14.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 16.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 18.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 18.10 No fix listed
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 9.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 7.4 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 7.5 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 7.6 No fix listed
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.11) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.12) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.13) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.14) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.15) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.16) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.17) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.18) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.19) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.20) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.21) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.22) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.23) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.24) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.4) >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.8-r0 2.3.8-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.5) >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.8-r0 2.3.8-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.6) >= 2.3.0, < 2.4.5-r0 2.4.5-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.7) >= 2.3.0, < 2.4.5-r0 2.4.5-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.8) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0
alpine/ruby(Alpine:v3.9) >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2-r0 2.5.2-r0

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