Alpine: multiple ruby packages: security update to 2.2.3-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401072

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2015-7551)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401072

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 6/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7551

BID: 76060

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