Improper Input Validation Affecting ruby package, versions [,1.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RUBY-2370232
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Mar 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Mar 2016

CVE-2015-7551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ruby to version 1.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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 Scores

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