GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-333G-RPR4-7HXQrest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.4%
The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x.
Additionally, a set of other minor gems have been partially or completely yanked and are included in this advisory.
These include cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, lita_coin, coming-soon, and omniauth_amazon.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| omniauth_amazon | ge | 0 | |
| coming-soon | ge | 0 | |
| bitcoin_vanity | ge | 0 | |
| capistrano-colors | ge | 0 | |
| doge-coin | ge | 0 | |
| awesome-bot | ge | 0 | |
| blockchain_wallet | ge | 0 | |
| coin_base | ge | 0 | |
| cron_parser | eq | 0.1.4 | |
| cron_parser | le | 1.0.14 |
References
github.com/advisories/GHSA-333g-rpr4-7hxq
github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/713
github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2097
github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/wiki/Gems-yanked-and-accounts-locked#19-aug-2019
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/blockchain_wallet/CVE-2019-15224.yml
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/coin_base/CVE-2019-15224.yml
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/doge-coin/CVE-2019-15224.yml
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/lita_coin/CVE-2019-15224.yml
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/omniauth_amazon/CVE-2019-15224.yml
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rest-client/CVE-2019-15224.yml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15224
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.4%