MEDIUM

GHSA-228f-g3h7-3fj3

RubyGems HTTPS to HTTP redirect

Quick fix

GHSA-228f-g3h7-3fj3 — rubygems-update: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update rubygems-update

Details

RubyGems before 1.8.23 can redirect HTTPS connections to HTTP, which makes it easier for remote attackers to observe or modify a gem during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Are you affected?

Enter the version of the package you're using.

Affected packages

RubyGems/rubygems-update

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.8.23

Fixbundle update rubygems-update

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2125[ADVISORY]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814718[WEB]
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/1.8/History.txt[WEB]
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2012-2125.yml[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1203.html[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/24[WEB]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1582-1[WEB]