CVE-2018-16395
An issue was discovered in the OpenSSL library 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. When two OpenSSL::X509::Name objects are compared using
02 Description
An issue was discovered in the OpenSSL library 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. When two OpenSSL::X509::Name objects are compared using
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-11-16 18:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fa6c7467f6fd3284cc50bdc94e2cb3365106627ccd45084f4a6c0949687a5253
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ruby-lang.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/openssl-x509-name-equality-check-does-not-work-correctly-cve-2018-16395/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3738https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3738
- www.ruby-lang.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3729https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/387250
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3730https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3731https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- www.ruby-lang.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4332https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3808-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/
- www.ruby-lang.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/
- www.ruby-lang.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181028 [SECURITY] [DLA 1558-1] ruby2.1 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html
- www.securitytracker.com1042105http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042105
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1771http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1948https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1948
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2565https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2565
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ruby1.9.1 Fixed in 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.13
- ruby2.0 Fixed in 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ruby2.3 Fixed in 2.3.1-2~16.04.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ruby2.5 Fixed in 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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