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CVE-2019-16255

Date: November 25, 2019

Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

8.1

Related Resources (21)

Url: https://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/news/2019/10/01/ruby-2-4-8-released/

Url: https://hackerone.com/reports/327512

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16255

Url: https://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/news/2019/10/01/code-injection-shell-test-cve-2019-16255/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-16255

Url: https://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/news/2019/10/01/ruby-2-6-5-released/

Url: https://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/news/2019/10/01/ruby-2-5-7-released/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16255

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16255

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-16255

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/31

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/32

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4587

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-06

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-16255

Severity Score

8.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CWE-74

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2019-16255

Date: November 25, 2019

Language: Ruby

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Related Resources (21)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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