CVE-2015-3900
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 24, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 12, 2015
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."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2015:1657vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-12501vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-12574vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20150626 rubygems <2.4.8 vulnerable to DNS request hijacking (CVE-2015-3900 and CVE-2015-4020)mailing-list
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/
- 75482vdb-entry
- 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
- FEDORA-2015-13157vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
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