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Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting rubygems-update package, versions <2.7.6

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.43% (87th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RUBYGEMSUPDATE-472654
  • published 13 Nov 2019
  • disclosed 15 Feb 2018
  • credit Samuel Giddins
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Introduced: 15 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-1000076 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-347 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade rubygems-update to version 2.7.6 or higher.

Overview

rubygems-update is an inbuilt rubygem for updating rubygems.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. In package.rb a mis-signed gem could be installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.