CVE-2017-0902

HIGH8.1EPSS 5.0%

RubyGems has Origin Validation Error vulnerability

Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 12/3/2025

Also known as:GHSA-73w7-6w9g-gc8wALPINE-CVE-2017-0902DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0902

Description

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 packages (3)

Alpine/rubyfrom 0, < 2.4.2-r0
Debian/rubygemsfrom 0, < 3.2.0~rc.1-1
RubyGems/rubygems-updatefrom 0, < 2.6.13

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (18)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0902
ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-0902
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0902
PATCHhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
WEBhttp://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
WEBhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8d91516fb7037ecfb27622f605dc40245e0f8d32
WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/218088
WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1
WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1
WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170907040741/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100586
WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966