CVE-2018-8780
Public on 2018-04-03
Modified on 2019-08-27
Description
It was found that the methods from the Dir class did not properly handle strings containing the NULL byte. An attacker, able to inject NULL bytes in a path, could possibly trigger an unspecified behavior of the ruby script.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ruby | 2019-08-23 | ALAS2-2019-1276 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby20 | 2018-04-04 | ALAS-2018-983 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby22 | 2018-04-04 | ALAS-2018-983 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby23 | 2018-04-04 | ALAS-2018-983 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby24 | 2018-04-04 | ALAS-2018-983 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |