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CVE-2016-2337

Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.

Published

2017-01-06T21:59:00.460

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.2.2	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	2.3.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91233 ([email protected])
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0031/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91233 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0031/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)