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CVE-2015-3900

UNKNOWN
Published 2015-06-24T14:00:00
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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."

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

RubyGems vulnerable to DNS hijack attack

GHSA-wp3j-rvfp-624h

Advisory Details

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 Packages

RubyGems rubygems-update
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.0.0 <2.0.16
RubyGems rubygems-update
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.2.0 <2.2.4
RubyGems rubygems-update
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.4.0 <2.4.7

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: March 10, 2023

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1657.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163502.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163600.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/2
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75482
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-007/?fid=6356
http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/05/14/CVE-2015-3900.html
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164236.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

HackerOne Reports

Request Hijacking Vulnerability in RubyGems 2.6.11 and earlier High
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RubyGems
Code Injection
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Published: 2015-06-24T14:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T05:56:16.332Z
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