CVE-2015-7551
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2015-7551 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security
impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification:
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby22-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0583 | 2018-03-26 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby22-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0583 | 2018-03-26 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ruby200-ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ruby193-ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby | Will not fix |
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