MGASA-2015-0345

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    MGASA-2015-0345

    Published: 8 Sept 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3900

    Summary: Updated ruby-RubyGems packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated ruby-RubyGems package fixes security vulnerability: RubyGems does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API request, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a "DNS hijack attack" (CVE-2015-3900).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0345.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16218, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164236.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-RubyGems

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.11-3.1.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
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