HIGH8.1
GHSA-73w7-6w9g-gc8w
RubyGems has Origin Validation Error vulnerability
Quick fix
GHSA-73w7-6w9g-gc8w — rubygems-update: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
bundle update rubygems-updateDetails
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a DNS hijacking vulnerability that allows a MITM attacker to force the RubyGems client to download and install gems from a server that the attacker controls.
Are you affected?
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0902[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8d91516fb7037ecfb27622f605dc40245e0f8d32[WEB]
- https://hackerone.com/reports/218088[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585[WEB]
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems[PACKAGE]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html[WEB]
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01[WEB]
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1[WEB]
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170907040741/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100586[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249[WEB]
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966[WEB]
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html[WEB]