CVE-2018-16396

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-10-17
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1643089: CVE-2018-16396 ruby: Tainted flags are not propagated in Array#pack and String#unpack with some directives

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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Find out more about CVE-2018-16396 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

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

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 ruby Under investigation
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 ruby193 Under investigation
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby23-ruby Under investigation
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby25-ruby Under investigation
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby24-ruby Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ruby Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ruby Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ruby Under investigation

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