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Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-1657-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-1657-01
Posted Aug 24, 2015
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-1657-01 - Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks. A flaw was found in a way rubygems verified the API endpoint hostname retrieved through a DNS SRV record. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to force a client to download content from an untrusted domain. All rh-ruby22-ruby users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running instances of Ruby need to be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-1657-01

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: rh-ruby22-ruby security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1657-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1657.html
Issue date: 2015-08-24
CVE Names: CVE-2015-3900
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

Updated rh-ruby22-ruby packages that fix one security issue are now
available for Red Hat Software Collections 2.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

3. Description:

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language.
It has features to process text files and to perform system management
tasks.

A flaw was found in a way rubygems verified the API endpoint hostname
retrieved through a DNS SRV record. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use
this flaw to force a client to download content from an untrusted domain.
(CVE-2015-3900)

All rh-ruby22-ruby users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running
instances of Ruby need to be restarted for this update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1236116 - CVE-2015-3900 rubygems: DNS hijacking vulnerability in api_endpoint()

6. Package List:

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-ruby22-ruby-doc-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-irb-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-minitest-5.4.3-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-power_assert-0.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake-10.4.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rdoc-4.2.0-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-test-unit-3.0.8-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-devel-2.4.5-12.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-devel-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-libs-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-tcltk-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-io-console-0.4.3-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-1.8.1-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-2.0.8-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-2.4.5-12.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5):

Source:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-ruby22-ruby-doc-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-irb-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-minitest-5.4.3-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-power_assert-0.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake-10.4.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rdoc-4.2.0-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-test-unit-3.0.8-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-devel-2.4.5-12.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-devel-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-libs-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-tcltk-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-io-console-0.4.3-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-1.8.1-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-2.0.8-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-2.4.5-12.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):

Source:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-ruby22-ruby-doc-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-irb-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-minitest-5.4.3-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-power_assert-0.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake-10.4.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rdoc-4.2.0-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-test-unit-3.0.8-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-devel-2.4.5-12.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-devel-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-libs-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-tcltk-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-io-console-0.4.3-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-1.8.1-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-2.0.8-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-2.4.5-12.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-ruby22-ruby-doc-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-irb-2.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-minitest-5.4.3-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-power_assert-0.2.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake-10.4.2-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rdoc-4.2.0-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-test-unit-3.0.8-12.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-devel-2.4.5-12.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-devel-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-libs-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-tcltk-2.2.2-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-io-console-0.4.3-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-1.8.1-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-2.0.8-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-2.4.5-12.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-ruby22-ruby-doc-2.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-irb-2.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-minitest-5.4.3-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-power_assert-0.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake-10.4.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rdoc-4.2.0-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-test-unit-3.0.8-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-devel-2.4.5-12.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-devel-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-libs-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-tcltk-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.6-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-io-console-0.4.3-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-1.8.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-2.0.8-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-2.4.5-12.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1):

Source:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-ruby22-ruby-doc-2.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-irb-2.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-minitest-5.4.3-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-power_assert-0.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake-10.4.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rdoc-4.2.0-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-test-unit-3.0.8-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-devel-2.4.5-12.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-devel-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-libs-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-tcltk-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.6-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-io-console-0.4.3-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-1.8.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-2.0.8-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-2.4.5-12.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-ruby22-ruby-doc-2.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-irb-2.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-minitest-5.4.3-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-power_assert-0.2.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake-10.4.2-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-rdoc-4.2.0-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-test-unit-3.0.8-12.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-devel-2.4.5-12.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-ruby22-ruby-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-devel-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-libs-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-ruby-tcltk-2.2.2-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.6-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-io-console-0.4.3-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-1.8.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-2.0.8-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-ruby22-rubygems-2.4.5-12.el7.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
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