UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7551
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-7551
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-03-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:17Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ruby2.0

Package

Name
ruby2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.0@2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0.299-2
2.0.0.343-1
2.0.0.343-1ubuntu1
2.0.0.353-1
2.0.0.353-1ubuntu1
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu1
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.2

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby2.0",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "ruby2.0-dbgsym",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby2.0-dev",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby2.0-doc",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "ruby2.0-tcltk",
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        },
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        }
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    "availability": "No subscription required"
}