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 ==, depending on the ordering, non-equal objects may return true. When the first argument is one character longer than the second, or the second argument contains a character that is one less than a character in the same position of the first argument, the result of == will be true. This could be leveraged to create an illegitimate certificate that may be accepted as legitimate and then used in signing or encryption operations.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-1558-1 | ruby2.1 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4332-1 | ruby2.3 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2022-4596 | 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 ==, depending on the ordering, non-equal objects may return true. When the first argument is one character longer than the second, or the second argument contains a character that is one less than a character in the same position of the first argument, the result of == will be true. This could be leveraged to create an illegitimate certificate that may be accepted as legitimate and then used in signing or encryption operations. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-mmrq-6999-72v8 | Ruby Openssl Allows Incorrect Value Comparison |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3808-1 | Ruby vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:24:32.106Z
Reserved: 2018-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-16395
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-11-16T18:29:00.943
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:40.143
Link: CVE-2018-16395
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Github GHSA
Ubuntu USN