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OS X update for Ruby (CVE-2018-8779)

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OS X update for Ruby (CVE-2018-8779)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/03/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/31/2018
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the UNIXServer.open and UNIXSocket.open methods are not checked for null characters. It may be connected to an unintended socket.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2018-002-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_6

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