CVE-2009-5147

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/222Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248935Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/4600cf725a86ce31266153647ae5aa1197b1215bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/222Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248935Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/4600cf725a86ce31266153647ae5aa1197b1215bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 29, 2017
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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