ruby-lang openssl vulnerabilities

Latest ruby-lang openssl CVEs

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1. CVE-2018-16395 Ruby Openssl Allows Incorrect Value Comparison

   Published 2018-11-16

   Critical·CVSS 9.8 PoC

   An issue was discovered in the OpenSSL library 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. When two OpenSSL::X509::Name objects are compared using ==, depending on the ordering, non-equal objects may return true. When the first a...

2. CVE-2016-7798 OpenSSL gem for Ruby using inadequate encryption strength

   Published 2017-01-30

   High·CVSS 7.5 PoC

   The openssl gem for Ruby uses the same initialization vector (IV) in GCM Mode (aes-*-gcm) when the IV is set before the key, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the encryption protection mechanism.

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