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USN-1582-1: RubyGems vulnerabilities

26 September 2012

RubyGems could be made to download and install malicious gem files.

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Releases

Packages

  • rubygems - package management framework for Ruby libraries/applications

Details

John Firebaugh discovered that the RubyGems remote gem fetcher did not properly
verify SSL certificates. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man
in the middle attack to alter gem files being downloaded for installation.
(CVE-2012-2126)

John Firebaugh discovered that the RubyGems remote gem fetcher allowed
redirection from HTTPS to HTTP. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform
a machine-in-the-middle attack to alter gem files being downloaded for
installation. (CVE-2012-2125)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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