| Name | CVE-2018-8779 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1358-1, DLA-1359-1, DLA-1421-1, DSA-4259-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby2.1 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.1.5-2+deb8u14 | fixed |
| ruby2.3 (PTS) | stretch (security) | 2.3.3-1+deb9u11 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.3.3-1+deb9u12 | fixed | |
| ruby2.5 (PTS) | buster, buster (lts) | 2.5.5-3+deb10u7 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.5.5-3+deb10u6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ruby1.8 | source | wheezy | 1.8.7.358-7.1+deb7u6 | DLA-1359-1 | ||
| ruby1.8 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| ruby1.9.1 | source | wheezy | 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u8 | DLA-1358-1 | ||
| ruby1.9.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| ruby2.1 | source | jessie | 2.1.5-2+deb8u4 | DLA-1421-1 | ||
| ruby2.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| ruby2.3 | source | stretch | 2.3.3-1+deb9u3 | DSA-4259-1 | ||
| ruby2.3 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| ruby2.5 | source | (unstable) | 2.5.1-1 |
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-unixsocket-cve-2018-8779/
https://hackerone.com/reports/302997
Fixed by: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/8794dec6a5f11adc5cdd19a5ee91ea6b0816763f
Fixed by: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/47165eed264d357e78e27371cfef20d5c2bde5d9 (2.2.10)
ruby1.8: test examples from hackerone doesn't work. ext/socket/socket.c:init_unixsock() uses SafeStringValue(path) though.