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amazonAmazonALAS-2012-079
HistoryMay 21, 2012 - 4:48 p.m.

Medium: rubygems

2012-05-2116:48:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
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CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

74.0%

Issue Overview:

RubyGems before 1.8.23 can redirect HTTPS connections to HTTP, which makes it easier for remote attackers to observe or modify a gem during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Affected Packages:

rubygems

Issue Correction:
Run yum update rubygems to update your system.

New Packages:

noarch:  
    rubygems-devel-1.8.11-3.1.amzn1.noarch  
    rubygems-1.8.11-3.1.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    rubygems-1.8.11-3.1.amzn1.src  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-2125

Mitre: CVE-2012-2125

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

74.0%