CVE-2012-2126

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.

Affected packages (2)

• Debian/rubygemsfrom 0, < 1.8.24-1
• RubyGems/rubygems-updatefrom 0, < 1.8.23

References (12)

• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2126
• ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2126
• PATCHhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
• WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1203.html
• WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html
• WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html
• WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814718
• WEBhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/1.8/History.txt
• WEBhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/d4c7eafb8efe1e13a7abf5be5a5b4548870b15b7
• WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2012-2126.yml
• WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/24
• WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1582-1