CVE-2015-7551
The 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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| apple / mac_os_x | - | 10.11.3.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.2.0 | 2.2.0.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.4 | 2.1.4.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.3 | 2.1.3.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.7 | 2.1.7.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | - | 2.0.0-p647.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.1 | 2.1.1.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.6 | 2.1.6.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.2.3 | 2.2.3.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.2 | 2.1.2.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.2.1 | 2.2.1.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.1.5 | 2.1.5.x |
| ruby-lang / ruby | 2.2.2 | 2.2.2.x |
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796344
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796551
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/339e11a7f178312d937b7c95dd3115ce7236597a
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-7551.html
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/ruby-dec-2015-security-fixes
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/
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