CVE-2015-3900
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 requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to
02 Description
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 requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-06-24 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-05-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ddf205beef2e2470a2a04657ebb632c2e06d5547e474df64e9040d908329c224
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1657http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1657.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-12501http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163502.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-12574http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163600.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150626 rubygems <2.4.8 vulnerable to DNS request hijacking (CVE-2015-3900 and CVE-2015-4020)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/2
- www.trustwave.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/
- www.securityfocus.com75482http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75482
- www.trustwave.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-007/?fid=6356
- blog.rubygems.orghttp://blog.rubygems.org/2015/05/14/CVE-2015-3900.html
- puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-13157http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164236.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- jruby Fixed in 1.7.20.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- jruby Fixed in 1.7.20.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- jruby Fixed in 1.7.20.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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