CVE-2015-7551

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7551
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-03-24 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-28 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string, related to the DL module and the libffi library. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-5147 regression.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.4 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.5 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.6 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.7 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.4 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.5 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.6 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1.7 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 APPLE lists.apple.com
Ruby 'dl/handle.c' Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-7551: Unsafe tainted string usage in Fiddle and DL CONFIRM www.ruby-lang.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
merge revision(s): 53153 and 23405@ruby_1_9_1 · ruby/ruby@339e11a · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
#796551 - CVE-2015-7551 - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
CVE-2015-7551 in Ubuntu CONFIRM people.canonical.com
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2015-7551 - Fiddle and DL Ruby Vulnerability | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com
#796344 - CVE-2015-7551 - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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