rubygems: DNS hijacking
| Package(s): | rubygems | CVE #(s): | CVE-2015-3900 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created: | August 11, 2015 | Updated: | September 9, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the CVE entry:
RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.16, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API request, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a "DNS hijack attack." | ||||||||||||||||||
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