CVE-2019-15845 describes a path checking vulnerability in Ruby's File.fnmatch functions, affecting Ruby versions 2.4.7, 2.5.6, and 2.6.4, as well as canonical Ruby and Ubuntu Linux distributions. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability allows for low impact to confidentiality and integrity with no impact to availability, requiring no user interaction or authentication for exploitation over the network. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVE-2019-15845
Sep 8, 2020Ruby through 2.4.7 2.5.x through 2.5.6 and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 mishandles path checking within File.fnmatch functions.
Nov 12, 2019ruby: NUL injection vulnerability of File.fnmatch and File.fnmatch?
Oct 1, 2019