CVE-2009-5147

high

Description

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tainted names.

References

Advisories
More

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/4600cf725a86ce31266153647ae5aa1197b1215b

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248935

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/222

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-29

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.32954