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CVE-2018-16396 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 CVE, MITRE
https://hackerone.com/reports/385070 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332 CVE, MITRE 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/ CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released/ CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/ CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released/ CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released/ CVE, MITRE Release Notes 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16396
NVD Published Date:
11/16/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE