VDB-208082 · CVE-2022-36073 · GHSA-8qpf-wf2p-25vg

RubyGems.org Password Change improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in RubyGems.org. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Password Change Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-36073. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in RubyGems.org (Programming Language Software) (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Password Change Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

RubyGems.org is the Ruby community gem host. A bug in password & email change confirmation code allowed an attacker to change their RubyGems.org account's email to an unowned email address. Having access to an account whose email has been changed could enable an attacker to save API keys for that account, and when a legitimate user attempts to create an account with their email (and has to reset password to gain access) and is granted access to other gems, the attacker would then be able to publish and yank versions of those gems. Commit number 90c9e6aac2d91518b479c51d48275c57de492d4d contains a patch for this issue.

The weakness was disclosed 09/08/2022 as GHSA-8qpf-wf2p-25vg. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-36073 since 07/15/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch 90c9e6aac2d91518b479c51d48275c57de492d4d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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Productinfo

Type

Programming Language Software

Name

RubyGems.org

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 90c9e6aac2d91518b479c51d48275c57de492d4d

Timelineinfo

07/15/2022 🔍
09/08/2022 +55 days 🔍
09/08/2022 +0 days 🔍
10/14/2022 +36 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-8qpf-wf2p-25vg
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-36073 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-36073
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-208082

Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2022 08:41
Updated: 10/14/2022 10:51
Changes: 09/08/2022 08:41 (51), 10/14/2022 10:51 (11)
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