Improper Input Validation Affecting rubygem-rake package, versions <0:0.9.6-37.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.18% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYGEMRAKE-4854204
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Oct 2018

Introduced: 17 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16396  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rubygem-rake to version 0:0.9.6-37.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:2769.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-rake package and not the rubygem-rake package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.