vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-0902: ELSA-2018-0378: ruby security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 31, 2017
Added
Mar 1, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a DNS hijacking vulnerability that allows a MITM attacker to force the RubyGems client to download and install gems from a server that the attacker controls.
A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command towards a different domain.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-rubyoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-develoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-docoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimaloracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-io-consoleoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-jsonoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-minitestoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-psychoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-rakeoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-rdocoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygemsoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygems-develoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-irboracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-libsoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-tcltk
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