| Name | CVE-2016-2337 |
| Description | Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1480-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 851161 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ruby2.1 | source | jessie | 2.1.5-2+deb8u5 | DLA-1480-1 | ||
| ruby2.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | 851161 | ||
| ruby2.3 | source | (unstable) | 2.3.0-1 |
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0031/
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/a2b8925a94a672235ca6a16e584bf09026a957ab