RHSA-2013:1203 - Security Advisory

Topic

An updated rubygems package that fixes two security issues is now available
for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.2.2.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

Description

RubyGems is the Ruby standard for publishing and managing third-party
libraries.

It was found that, when using RubyGems, the connection could be redirected
from HTTPS to HTTP. This could lead to a user believing they are installing
a gem via HTTPS, when the connection may have been silently downgraded to
HTTP. (CVE-2012-2125)

It was found that RubyGems did not verify SSL connections. This could lead
to man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2012-2126)

All users of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.2.2 are advised to upgrade to
this updated package, which corrects these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Infrastructure 1.2 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Application Node 1.2 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Client Tools 1.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 814718 - CVE-2012-2125 CVE-2012-2126 rubygems: Two security fixes in v1.8.23

CVEs

• CVE-2012-2126
• CVE-2012-2125

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate