CVE - CVE-2015-7551

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-7551	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html BID:76060 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060 CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796344 CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796551 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CONFIRM:https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/339e11a7f178312d937b7c95dd3115ce7236597a CONFIRM:https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-7551.html CONFIRM:https://puppet.com/security/cve/ruby-dec-2015-security-fixes CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT206167 CONFIRM:https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/ REDHAT:RHSA-2018:0583 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150929	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150929)
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