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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2015-0345

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mageia Linux Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2015-0345

Insight

Insight

Updated ruby-RubyGems package fixes security vulnerability: RubyGems does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API request, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a DNS hijack attack (CVE-2015-3900).

Solution

Solution

Update the affected packages to the latest available version.

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