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Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting rubygems-update package, versions <2.6.13

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.75% (81st percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RUBYGEMSUPDATE-472647
  • published 13 Nov 2019
  • disclosed 27 Aug 2017
  • credit unknown
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Introduced: 27 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-0902 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-346 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade rubygems-update to version 2.6.13 or higher.

Overview

rubygems-update is an inbuilt rubygem for updating rubygems.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) via a DNS hijacking vulnerability that allows a MITM attacker to force the RubyGems client to download and install gems from a server that the attacker controls.