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CVE-2018-16396

Publication date 26 October 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ruby1.9.1 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.13
ruby2.0 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.11
ruby2.3 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.3.1-2~16.04.11
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
ruby2.5 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.5.1-5ubuntu4.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ruby2.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H