CVE-2017-0902
HIGH 8.1EPSS 4.8%
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a DNS hijacking vulnerability that allows a MITM attacker to force the RubyGems client to download and install gems from a server that the attacker controls.
- Affected
- HackerOne · RubyGems
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 4.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92nd percentile
- Published
- 2017-08-31
- Updated
- 2024-09-17
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- rubygems/rubygems/commit/8d91516fb7037ecfb27622f605dc40245e0f8d323979★ · 2026-10-15
- https://hackerone.com/reports/218088
Security advisories
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100586
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- advisories/GHSA-73w7-6w9g-gc8w