🛡️ CVE-2015-3900 — rubygems-update

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-350 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

RubyGems vulnerable to DNS hijack attack

RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.16, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a "DNS hijack attack."

Affected software

CVE-2015-3900 is recorded against 1 package.

  • rubygems-update (from 2.4.0 up to 2.4.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 30 November 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
puppet.com (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
www.trustwave.com (Web)
www.trustwave.com (Web)
blog.rubygems.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
rhn.redhat.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.oracle.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-350
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-11-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
rubygems-update 2.4.0 2.4.7

References

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