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CVE-2015-4020

UNKNOWN
Published 2015-08-25T17:00:00
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Description

RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.17, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.4.x before 2.4.8 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 with a domain that is suffixed with the original domain name, aka a "DNS hijack attack." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3900.

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RubyGems Improper Input Validation vulnerability

GHSA-qv62-xfj6-32xm

Advisory Details

RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.17, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x before 2.4.8 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 with a domain that is suffixed with the original domain name, aka a "DNS hijack attack." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3900.

Affected Packages

RubyGems rubygems-update
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.0.17
RubyGems rubygems-update
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.1.0.rc.1 <2.2.5
RubyGems rubygems-update
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.3.0 <2.4.8

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4020
WEB https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5c7bfb5
PACKAGE https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
WEB https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml
WEB https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20200228084212/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75431
WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20200228085830/https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
WEB https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-009/?fid=6478
WEB https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900
WEB http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.2.5-released.html
WEB http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.4.8-released.html
WEB http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75431

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 17, 2022, Modified: May 4, 2023

References

http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.2.5-released.html
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75431
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-009/?fid=6478
http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.4.8-released.html
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5c7bfb5
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
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: 2015-08-25T17:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.680Z
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