GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-333g-rpr4-7hxq rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2019-15224
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- rest-client, cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, coming-soon, omniauth_amazon
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
- Reviewed
- 2019-08-20
Affected packages
• RubyGems rest-client: >= 1.6.10, < 1.7.0 → fixed in 1.7.0
• RubyGems cron_parser: >= 1.0.13, <= 1.0.14 (no fix yet)
• RubyGems cron_parser: 0.1.4 (no fix yet)
• RubyGems coin_base: all versions (no fix yet)
• RubyGems blockchain_wallet: all versions (no fix yet)
• RubyGems awesome-bot: all versions (no fix yet)
• RubyGems doge-coin: all versions (no fix yet)
• RubyGems capistrano-colors: all versions (no fix yet)
• RubyGems bitcoin_vanity: all versions (no fix yet)
• RubyGems coming-soon: all versions (no fix yet)
• RubyGems omniauth_amazon: all versions (no fix yet)
Description
The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x.
Additionally, a set of other minor gems have been partially or completely yanked and are included in this advisory.
These include cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, lita_coin, coming-soon, and omniauth_amazon.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2019-15224 The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15224 advisory
- https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/713 web
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2097 web
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/wiki/Gems-yanked-and-accounts-locked#19-aug-2019 web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/blockchain_wallet/CVE-2019-15224.yml web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/coin_base/CVE-2019-15224.yml web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/doge-coin/CVE-2019-15224.yml web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/lita_coin/CVE-2019-15224.yml web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/omniauth_amazon/CVE-2019-15224.yml web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rest-client/CVE-2019-15224.yml web