CVE-2018-8779

Name
CVE-2018-8779
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, the UNIXServer.open and UNIXSocket.open methods are not checked for null characters. It may be connected to an unintended socket.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
Patch https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
Patch https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
Patch https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
Vendor Advisory https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-unixsocket-cve-2018-8779/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103767
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* ruby == None == 2.6.0
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ruby >= 2.3.0 < 2.3.7
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ruby >= 2.5.0 < 2.5.1
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ruby >= 2.2.0 < 2.2.10
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ruby >= 2.4.0 < 2.4.4

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
ruby edge-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby edge-main 2.4.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby edge-main 2.4.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.22-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.22-main 2.4.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.22-main 2.4.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.21-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.21-main 2.4.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.21-main 2.4.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.20-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.20-main 2.4.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.20-main 2.4.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.19-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.19-main 2.4.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.19-main 2.4.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
ruby 3.18-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.17-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.12-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.11-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed
ruby 3.10-main 2.5.1-r0 None fixed