Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-8778

Title: Ruby-Lang Ruby Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-8778.

CWE Category CWE-134
Published Date Apr 03, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.54%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-8778: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Y
yukihiro_matsumoto 1
R
ruby-lang 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103693 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/buffer-under-read-unpack-cve-2018-8778/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/ 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/ruby-2-4-4-released/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/ http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103693 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/buffer-under-read-unpack-cve-2018-8778/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/ 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/ruby-2-4-4-released/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-8778 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.