Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions Affecting ruby4.0-default-gems package, versions <0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RUBY40DEFAULTGEMS-16544748
  • published9 May 2026
  • disclosed1 Jan 2015

Introduced: 1 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-7551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-267  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 ruby4.0-default-gems to version 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:8838.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby4.0-default-gems package and not the ruby4.0-default-gems package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1