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.
Published: 2018-04-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1358-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1359-1 ruby1.8 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1421-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4259-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-20388 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3626-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Software Collections
Ruby-lang Ruby
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:02:26.095Z

Reserved: 2018-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8779

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-03T22:29:00.850

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:14:17.757

Link: CVE-2018-8779

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-8779 - Bugzilla

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