Fluid Attacks Database

Description

RubyGems does not verify SSL certificate 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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	rubygems	>=0 <1.8.24-1	1.8.24-1
rubygems	rubygems-update	>=0 <1.8.23	1.8.23
debian 14	rubygems	>=0 <1.8.24-1	1.8.24-1
debian 11	rubygems	>=0 <1.8.24-1	1.8.24-1
debian 12	rubygems	>=0 <1.8.24-1	1.8.24-1
rpm rhel6	rubygems	<0:1.3.7-4.el6_4	0:1.3.7-4.el6_4

Aliases

1. CVE-2012-21262. NVD-2012-21263. OSV-DEBIAN-2012-21264. OSV-2012-21265. GCVE-2012-21266. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2012-2126

References

1. https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/d4c7eafb8efe1e13a7abf5be5a5b4548870b15b72. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8147183. https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/1.8/History.txt4. https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2012-2126.yml5. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1203.html6. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html7. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html8. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/249. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1582-1

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