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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2012-2126: CVE-2012-2126 rubygems: Two security fixes in v1.8.23

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2012-2126: CVE-2012-2126 rubygems: Two security fixes in v1.8.23

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/01/2013
Created
10/09/2019
Added
10/08/2019
Modified
10/08/2019

Description

RubyGems before 1.8.23 does not verify an SSL certificate, which allows remote attackers to modify a gem during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-rubygems

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