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.
Find out more about CVE-2018-8780 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat CloudForms 4. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
This issue affects the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby24-ruby) | RHSA-2018:3730 | 2018-11-29 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby23-ruby) | RHSA-2018:3729 | 2018-11-29 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby23-ruby) | RHSA-2018:3729 | 2018-11-29 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby24-ruby) | RHSA-2018:3730 | 2018-11-29 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby25-ruby) | RHSA-2018:3731 | 2018-11-29 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-ruby22-ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ruby | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby | Will not fix |
It is possible to test for presence of the NULL byte manually prior to call a Dir method with an untrusted string.
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