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CVE-2015-7551
Published: Mar 24, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5
vendor-advisory
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https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-7551.html
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https://support.apple.com/HT206167
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/339e11a7f178312d937b7c95dd3115ce7236597a
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796344
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796551
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https://puppet.com/security/cve/ruby-dec-2015-security-fixes
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RHSA-2018:0583
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
76060
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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