USN-3365-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5147)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-07-25 17:52 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website
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Summary
ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.3 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Ruby DL::dlopen incorrectly handled opening libraries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to open libraries with tainted names. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-5147)

Tony Arcieri, Jeffrey Walton, and Steffan Ullrich discovered that the Ruby OpenSSL extension incorrectly handled hostname wildcard matching. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-1855)

Christian Hofstaedtler discovered that Ruby Fiddle::Handle incorrectly handled certain crafted strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-7551)

It was discovered that Ruby Net::SMTP incorrectly handled CRLF sequences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject SMTP commands. (CVE-2015-9096)

Marcin Noga discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain arguments in a TclTkIp class method. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2337)

It was discovered that Ruby Fiddle::Function.new incorrectly handled certain arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2339)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled the initialization vector (IV) in GCM mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass encryption. (CVE-2016-7798)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Ruby DL::dlopen incorrectly handled opening\nlibraries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to open libraries with\ntainted names. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-5147)\n\nTony Arcieri, Jeffrey Walton, and Steffan Ullrich discovered that the Ruby\nOpenSSL extension incorrectly handled hostname wildcard matching. This\nissue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-1855)\n\nChristian Hofstaedtler discovered that Ruby Fiddle::Handle incorrectly\nhandled certain crafted strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause\na denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only\napplied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-7551)\n\nIt was discovered that Ruby Net::SMTP incorrectly handled CRLF sequences. A\nremote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject SMTP commands.\n(CVE-2015-9096)\n\nMarcin Noga discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain arguments in\na TclTkIp class method. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2016-2337)\n\nIt was discovered that Ruby Fiddle::Function.new incorrectly handled\ncertain arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute\narbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2339)\n\nIt was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled the initialization vector\n(IV) in GCM mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass\nencryption. (CVE-2016-7798)\n",
  "id": "USN-3365-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:23Z",
  "published": "2017-07-25T17:52:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3365-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5147"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1855"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7551"
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    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2339"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.3 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5147",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1855",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9096",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2337",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2339",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7798"
  ]
}



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