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CVE-2018-8778

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-134 Format String Vulnerability
Publication date:
03/04/2018
Last modified:
03/10/2019

Description

In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker controlling the unpacking format (similar to format string vulnerabilities) can trigger a buffer under-read in the String#unpack method, resulting in a massive and controlled information disclosure.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.2.0 (including) 2.2.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.3.0 (including) 2.3.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.4.0 (including) 2.4.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5.0 (including) 2.5.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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