CVE-2012-2126
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-310
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
RubyGems before 1.8.23 does not verify an SSL certificate, which allows remote attackers to modify a gem during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/1.8/History.txt ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/1.8/History.txtPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1203.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55381
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/24
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1582-1/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814718