CVE-2016-2337

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-06-14
CWE:
CWE-843
Bugzilla:
1412680: CVE-2016-2337 ruby: TclTkIp ip_cancel_eval type confusion vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.

Find out more about CVE-2016-2337 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security
impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future
updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity
Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby23-ruby Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ruby200-ruby Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby22-ruby Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ruby Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ruby Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ruby Will not fix

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