GHSA-5mgj-mvv8-46mw
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Summary: RubyGems does not verify SSL certificate
Details: RubyGems before 1.8.23 does not verify an SSL certificate, which allows remote attackers to modify a gem during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2126, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/d4c7eafb8efe1e13a7abf5be5a5b4548870b15b7, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814718, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/1.8/History.txt, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2012-2126.yml, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1203.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/24, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1582-1
Affected packages
Package
Name: rubygems-update
Purl: pkg:gem/rubygems-update
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
