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CVE-2012-2126

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Date: October 1, 2013

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.

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (15)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1203.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1582-1/

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814718

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1582-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/55381

Url: https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2012-2126.yml

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2126

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/24

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html

Url: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/d4c7eafb8efe1e13a7abf5be5a5b4548870b15b7

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2126

Url: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems

Url: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/1.8/History.txt

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-2126

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version rubygems-update - 1.8.23

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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