medium5.0
CVE-2015-3900
RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.16, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows…
Impact
RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.16, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a "DNS hijack attack."
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | Versions 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1 |
| Rubygems | Rubygems | Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 |
| Oracle | Solaris | Version 11.3 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 6.0, 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/05/14/CVE-2015-3900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163502.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163600.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164236.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1657.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75482
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-007/?fid=6356
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/05/14/CVE-2015-3900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163502.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163600.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164236.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1657.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75482
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-007/?fid=6356
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/