CVE-2015-7551
ruby: dlopen could open a library with tainted library name
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · May 11, 2009
Updated · June 28, 2026
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.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
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CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWE-267 · Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions