{"id":"CVE-2018-8779","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-24T01:15:51.045525Z","published":"2018-04-03T22:29:00.850Z","related":["MGASA-2018-0411","SUSE-SU-2019:1804-1","SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1","openSUSE-SU-2019:1771-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103767"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-unixsocket-cve-2018-8779/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/ruby/ruby","events":[{"introduced":"4e0a512972cdcbfcd5279f1a2a81ba342ed75b6e"},{"fixed":"85883dc393f60adc3043d28899eff3f1ce53b4a5"},{"introduced":"7393bf6a5cfff63683f36535e293caaa0d4c5be0"},{"fixed":"933bb2b8b57c48dc664fce6d752670e6521a4141"},{"introduced":"d40ea2afa6ff5a6e5befcf342fb7b6dc58796b20"},{"fixed":"9bfe7fc5cb457c7bc8df96115ee70b9035f5d885"},{"introduced":"d4bb726b713658f56e630b6cf817a0155b6f390e"},{"fixed":"a8197e08f58c5f2e6d32a774866e0e0d58749911"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8779.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}