CVE-2016-2337

Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91233
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0031/	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-01-06 21:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-2337

Mitre link : CVE-2016-2337

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-2337

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ruby-lang

ruby

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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