openSUSE Security Update : ruby2.2 / ruby2.3 (openSUSE-2017-435)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 99208

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for ruby2.2, ruby2.3 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2016-2339: heap overflow vulnerability in the Fiddle::Function.new'initialize' (boo#1018808)

- CVE-2015-7551: Unsafe tainted string usage in Fiddle and DL (boo#959495)

Detailed ChangeLog :

- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v2_2_6/ChangeLog

- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v2_3_3/ChangeLog

Solution

Update the affected ruby2.2 / ruby2.3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 99208

File Name: openSUSE-2017-435.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2017

Updated: 12/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2339

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-tk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-devel-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libruby2_3-2_3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-doc-ri, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-stdlib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-doc-ri, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-stdlib-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-devel-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-tk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libruby2_3-2_3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libruby2_2-2_2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libruby2_2-2_2-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7551, CVE-2016-2339

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