CVE-2018-8778
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 3, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 19, 2018
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
- RHSA-2018:3729vendor-advisory
- USN-3626-1vendor-advisory
- 1042004vdb-entry
- RHSA-2018:3730vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180423 [SECURITY] [DLA 1358-1] ruby1.9.1 security updatemailing-list
- RHSA-2018:3731vendor-advisory
- 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/buffer-under-read-unpack-cve-2018-8778/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180714 [SECURITY] [DLA 1421-1] ruby2.1 security updatemailing-list
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
- DSA-4259vendor-advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180423 [SECURITY] [DLA 1359-1] ruby1.8 security updatemailing-list
- 103693vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1771vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2028vendor-advisory
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