CVE-2016-7798

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7798
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7798.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7798
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-01-30T22:59:00.747Z
Modified
2026-06-18T04:03:33.687542197Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The openssl gem for Ruby uses the same initialization vector (IV) in GCM Mode (aes-*-gcm) when the IV is set before the key, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the encryption protection mechanism.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/ruby/openssl

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ruby/openssl
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4ff95439d0b13aac7b9b2e3674f0a6662c715ec6
Fixed
8108e0a6db133f3375608303fdd2083eb5115062
Database specific 
{
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.0.0"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*"
}

Affected versions

v2.*
v2.0.0.beta.1
v2.0.0.beta.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7798.json"