CVE-2018-16396
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16396
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16396.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16396
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-11-16T18:29:01.083Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T03:33:50.872934Z
- Severity
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- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106
- 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://hackerone.com/reports/385070
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/not-propagated-taint-flag-in-some-formats-of-pack-cve-2018-16396/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released/