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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for ruby19, ruby20, ruby21, ruby22 (ALAS-2016-632) (CVE-2015-7551)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for ruby19, ruby20, ruby21, ruby22 (ALAS-2016-632) (CVE-2015-7551)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/21/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby19
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby19-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby19-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby19-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby19-irb
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby19-libs
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20-irb
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20-libs
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-irb
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-libs
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby22
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby22-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby22-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby22-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby22-irb
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby22-libs
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem19-bigdecimal
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem19-io-console
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem19-json
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem19-minitest
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem19-rake
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem19-rdoc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem20-bigdecimal
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem20-io-console
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem20-psych
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem21-bigdecimal
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem21-io-console
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem21-psych
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem22-bigdecimal
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem22-io-console
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem22-psych
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems19
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems19-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems20
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems20-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems21
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems21-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems22
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems22-devel

References

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