CVE-2015-7551

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 8.4
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-7551
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-03-24T01:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-03-28T01:29:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.11.3
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0.0-p647
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.4
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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-dl-cve-2015-7551/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796344
https://support.apple.com/HT206167 Vendor Advisory
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7551
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7551
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:46:43 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:42:01 2016-03-24T01:59Z 2016-03-24T01:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:42:01 2018-03-28T01:29:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:42:01 Modified Vulnerability Status updated