CVE-2018-16395
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Ruby Openssl Allows Incorrect Value Comparison
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | |
References
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/openssl-x509-name-equality-check-does-not-work-correctly-cve-2018-16395/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16395.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16395
- https://github.com/ruby/openssl/commit/f653cfa43f0f20e8c440122ea982382b6228e7f5
- https://hackerone.com/reports/387250
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/openssl-x509-name-equality-check-does-not-work-correctly-cve-2018-16395
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211206015239/https://securitytracker.com/id/1042105
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/openssl/CVE-2018-16395.yml
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2565
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3738
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.