CVE-2018-8779high
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.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103767
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-unixsocket-cve-2018-8779/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-04-03
Updated: 2019-07-21
Type: CWE-20
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH