CVE-2018-16396 Affecting rubygem-psych package, versions <0:2.0.0-36.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-RUBYGEMPSYCH-2537373
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Nov 2018

Introduced: 16 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16396  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 rubygem-psych to version 0:2.0.0-36.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2028.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-psych package and not the rubygem-psych package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.