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CVE-2019-16255

Published: 20 November 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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that JRuby did not properly sanitize input to Shell#[] and its alias Shell#test. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
jruby
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

trusty
Released (1.5.6-9+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

ruby2.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.14)
ruby2.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.5.1-1ubuntu1.6)
disco
Released (2.5.5-1ubuntu1.1)
eoan
Released (2.5.5-4ubuntu2.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.5.7-1)
xenial Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/3af01ae1101e0b8815ae5a106be64b0e82a58640

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H