DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16255

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16255
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16255.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16255
Upstream
Published
2019-11-26T18:15:15Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:44Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / jruby

Package

Name
jruby
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jruby?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.3.9.0+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / jruby

Package

Name
jruby
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jruby?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.3.9.0+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / jruby

Package

Name
jruby
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jruby?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.3.9.0+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}