Security update for ruby2.1 (important)

This ruby2.1 update to version 2.1.9 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-2339: heap overflow vulnerability in the Fiddle::Function.new"initialize" bsc1018808 - CVE-2015-7551: Unsafe tainted string usage in Fiddle and DL bsc959495 - CVE-2015-3900: hostname validation does...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ruby2.1 (SUSE-SU-2017:1067-1)

This ruby2.1 update to version 2.1.9 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2016-2339: heap overflow vulnerability in the Fiddle::Function.new'initialize' bsc1018808 - CVE-2015-7551: Unsafe tainted string usage in Fiddle and DL bsc959495 - CVE-2015-3900: hostname validation doe...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3900

cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.c in ServiceManager in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-10-01, and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not properly restrict service registration, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 2943126...

CVE-2016-3900

CVE-2016-3900 affects Android’s ServiceManager (cmds/servicemanager/service_manager.c). The flaw in ServiceManager allowed a crafted application to register privileged services, enabling local privilege escalation. Affected: Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2; 5.1.x before 5.1.1; 6.x before 2016-10-01; 7...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0345)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Updated ruby-RubyGems packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated ruby-RubyGems package fixes security vulnerability: RubyGems 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" CVE-2015-3900...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-547)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-549)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-548)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora 21 : rubygems-2.2.5-100.fc21 (2015-13157)

Update to RubyGems 2.2.5. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenabl...

Fedora Update for rubygems FEDORA-2015-13157

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora 23 : rubygems-2.4.8-100.fc23 (2015-12501)

Update to RubyGems 2.4.8. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenabl...

Fedora Update for rubygems FEDORA-2015-12574

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2015-3900

Vulnerability summary: CVE-2015-3900 affects RubyGems 2.0.x up to 2.0.16, 2.2.x up to 2.2.4, and 2.4.x up to 2.4.7. It does not validate hostnames when fetching gems or API requests, enabling a remote attacker to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record (DNS hijack atta...

RubyGems Patches Serious Redirection Vulnerability

RubyGems make life easier for developers to distribute software to users. A vulnerability in the Ruby package manager could make life easier for hackers to redirect victims to trouble. Disclosed today by researchers at Trustwave and OpenDNS, the vulnerability, CVE-2015-3900, enables an attacker t...

Amazon Linux AMI : ruby21 (ALAS-2015-548)

RubyGems provides the ability of a domain to direct clients to a separate host that is used to fetch gems and make API calls against. This mechanism is implemented via DNS, specificly a SRV record rubygems.tcp under the original requested domain. RubyGems did not validate the hostname returned in...

Amazon Linux AMI : ruby22 (ALAS-2015-549)

RubyGems provides the ability of a domain to direct clients to a separate host that is used to fetch gems and make API calls against. This mechanism is implemented via DNS, specificly a SRV record rubygems.tcp under the original requested domain. RubyGems did not validate the hostname returned in...

Amazon Linux AMI : ruby20 (ALAS-2015-547)

RubyGems provides the ability of a domain to direct clients to a separate host that is used to fetch gems and make API calls against. This mechanism is implemented via DNS, specificly a SRV record rubygems.tcp under the original requested domain. RubyGems did not validate the hostname returned in...

Medium: ruby22

Issue Overview: RubyGems provides the ability of a domain to direct clients to a separate host that is used to fetch gems and make API calls against. This mechanism is implemented via DNS, specificly a SRV record rubygems.tcp under the original requested domain. RubyGems did not validate the...

RubyGems remote_fetcher.rb api_endpoint() Function Missing SRV Record Hostname Validation Request Hijacking

RubyGems contains a flaw in the apiendpoint function in remotefetcher.rb that is triggered when handling hostnames in SRV records. With a specially crafted response, a context-dependent attacker may conduct DNS hijacking attacks. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3900,...