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CVE-2015-7551
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 8.4/10
- Exploit Score
- 2.5/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 5.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- High
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- High
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796551
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-7551.html
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-d
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796344
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/339e11a7f178312d937b7c95dd3115ce7236597a
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/ruby-dec-2015-security-fixes
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583