CVE-2018-1000076

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1000076  

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in package.rb that can result in a mis-signed gem could be installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in package.rb that can result in a mis-signed gem could be installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Find out more about CVE-2018-1000076 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of rubygems as shipped with Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.x. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

This issue affects the versions of rubygems as shipped with Red Hat Satellite version 6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby24-ruby) RHSA-2018:3730 2018-11-29
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby23-ruby) RHSA-2018:3729 2018-11-29
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby23-ruby) RHSA-2018:3729 2018-11-29
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby24-ruby) RHSA-2018:3730 2018-11-29
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby25-ruby) RHSA-2018:3731 2018-11-29

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 ruby193-rubygems Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6 rubygems Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 rubygems Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ruby Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rubygems Will not fix

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