Arch Linux: ASA-201512-11 Low: Ruby Unsafe String Issue Detected

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201512-11
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2015-12-17
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-7551
Package : ruby
Type    : unsafe tainted string usage
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package ruby before version 2.2.4-1 is vulnerable to unsafe tainted
string usage.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.2.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "ruby>=2.2.4-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.2.4.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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There is an unsafe tainted string vulnerability in Fiddle and DL. This
issue was originally reported and fixed with CVE-2009-5147 in DL, but
reappeared after DL was reimplemented using Fiddle and libffi.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to open a library via Fiddle with tainted
library name if passed from an untrusted input.

References
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https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7551
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/