RubyGems up to 1.8.22 Installation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in RubyGems. Affected is an unknown function of the component Installation. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-2125. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in RubyGems (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Installation. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

RubyGems before 1.8.23 can redirect HTTPS connections to HTTP, which makes it easier for remote attackers to observe or modify a gem during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack.

The weakness was released 10/01/2013 with Red Hat as Bug 814718 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2125 since 04/04/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69686 (Amazon Linux AMI : rubygems (ALAS-2012-79)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122332 (Solaris 11.1 Support Repository Update (SRU) 21.4.1 Missing).

Upgrading to version 1.8.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69686), SecurityFocus (BID 64425†), Secunia (SA55381†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36560†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-65869, VDB-65314 and VDB-65142. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69686
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : rubygems (ALAS-2012-79)
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OpenVAS ID: 881804
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for rubygems CESA-2013:1441 centos6
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: RubyGems 1.8.19

Timelineinfo

04/04/2012 🔍
04/20/2012 +16 days 🔍
10/15/2012 +178 days 🔍
09/04/2013 +324 days 🔍
10/01/2013 +27 days 🔍
10/01/2013 +0 days 🔍
12/17/2013 +77 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +462 days 🔍
01/08/2022 +2482 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: Bug 814718
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2125 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2125
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65141

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SecurityFocus: 64425 - Cumin Web Interface Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 55381
Vulnerability Center: 36560 - RubyGems Remote Gem Fetcher <1.9.3-p194 URI Redirection Vulnerability From HTTPS to HTTP, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/08/2022 08:18
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (62), 04/18/2017 11:35 (13), 01/08/2022 08:18 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:271:103

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