MGASA-2015-0227

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    MGASA-2015-0227

    Published: 15 May 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated ruby-rest-client packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated ruby-rest-client packages fix security vulnerability: When Ruby rest-client processes an HTTP redirection response, it blindly passes along the values from any Set-Cookie headers to the redirection target, regardless of domain, path, or expiration. This can be used in a session fixation attack or in stealing cookies (CVE-2015-1820). REST Client for Ruby contains a flaw that is due to the application logging password information in plaintext. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information (CVE-2015-3448). The ruby-rest-client package has been updated to version 1.8.0, fixing these issues and several other bugs. Refer to the upstream changelog for more details.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0227.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15560, https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/blob/master/history.md, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00026.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-rest-client

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ruby-rest-client?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.0-2.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High