ghsa-m9xr-x5mq-4fp5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:34
Modified
2025-04-12 12:57
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-7551"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-03-24T01:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-m9xr-x5mq-4fp5",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:57:53Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:34:38Z",
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      "url": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/ruby-dec-2015-security-fixes"
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      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796344"
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      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html"
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}


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