UNKNOWN RubyGems
RubyGems vulnerable to DNS hijack attack
GHSA-wp3j-rvfp-624h · CVE-2015-3900
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Description
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."
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3900
- WEB https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml
- WEB https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
- WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20170331091241/https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
- WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20200228055155/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75482
- WEB https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-007/?fid=6356
- WEB https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900
- WEB http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/05/14/CVE-2015-3900.html
- WEB http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163502.html
- WEB http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163600.html
- WEB http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164236.html
- WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1657.html
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/2
- WEB http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
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