CVE-2018-8779

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    CVE-2018-8779

    Published: 3 Apr 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103767, 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/poisoned-nul-byte-unixsocket-cve-2018-8779/, 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/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 7393bf6a5cfff63683f36535e293caaa0d4c5be0
    Fixed -933bb2b8b57c48dc664fce6d752670e6521a4141

    Affected versions

    2.6.0-preview1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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