CVE-2015-4020

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2015-05-18
CWE:
CWE-20->CWE-345
Bugzilla:
1250109: CVE-2015-4020 rubygems: incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3900
A flaw was found in a way rubygems verified the API endpoint hostname retrieved through a DNS SRV record. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to force a client to download content from an untrusted domain.

Find out more about CVE-2015-4020 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of rubygems as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5, Red Hat Satellite 6, Red Hat Openstack 5, Red Hat Openshift Enterprise 2, as the packages did not include the incomplete fix.

This issue did not affect the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7, Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager and Red Hat Software Collections, as the packages did not include the incomplete fix.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 7.9
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 ruby193-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ruby200-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ruby193-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby22-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 6 rubygems Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 rubygems Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 rubygems Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) rubygems Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ruby Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rubygems Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ruby Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ruby Not affected

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