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OS X update for Ruby (CVE-2015-7551)

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OS X update for Ruby (CVE-2015-7551)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/29/2016
Modified
03/18/2020

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)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_11_4

References

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