CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-0902
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-346, CWE-350
Description
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to 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.
Affected configurations
• rubygems rubygems (<= 2.6.12)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
References
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100586 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8d91516fb7037ecfb27622f605dc40245e0f8d32 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/218088 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966 Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100586 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8d91516fb7037ecfb27622f605dc40245e0f8d32 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/218088 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966 Third Party Advisory