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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for ruby21 (ALAS-2015-548) (multiple CVEs)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for ruby21 (ALAS-2015-548) (multiple CVEs)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/18/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/18/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

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."

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-irb
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby21-libs
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem21-bigdecimal
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem21-io-console
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygem21-psych
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems21
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-rubygems21-devel

References

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