Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201512-11
=========================================
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
======
The package ruby before version 2.2.4-1 is vulnerable to unsafe tainted
string usage.

Resolution
=========
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
=========
None.

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

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

ArchLinux: 201512-11: ruby: unsafe tainted string usage

December 17, 2015

Summary

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.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.2.4-1. # pacman -Syu "ruby>=2.2.4-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.2.4.

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7551 https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/

Severity
Package : ruby
Type : unsafe tainted string usage
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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