CVE-2018-16395

ruby: OpenSSL::X509:: Name equality check does not work correctly

Published Nov 16, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 10.7% KEV · Not listed
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 ==, 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
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1558-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4332-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD 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 Github GHSA GHSA-mmrq-6999-72v8 Ruby Openssl Allows Incorrect Value Comparison
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3808-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.08063}

epss

{'score': 0.07275}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:24 AM
Reserved
Sep 3, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 16, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:44 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 17, 2018, 12:00 AM