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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.