CVE-2018-8779

Publication date 3 April 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ruby1.9.1 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.11
ruby2.0 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.9
ruby2.3 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Fixed 2.3.3-1ubuntu1.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.3.1-2~16.04.9
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
ruby2.5 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.5.1-1
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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