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GSD-2015-3900
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2015-05-14 00:00Details
RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.16, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a "DNS hijack attack." 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.
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