CVE-2015-4020

RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.17, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.4.x before 2.4.8 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 with a domain that is suffixed with the original domain name, aka a "DNS hijack attack." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3900.

• CWE-20

• http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.2.5-released.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.4.8-released.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75431
• https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5c7bfb5
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
• https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-009/?fid=6478Third Party Advisory
• https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/Third Party Advisory
• http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.2.5-released.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://blog.rubygems.org/2015/06/08/2.4.8-released.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75431
• https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5c7bfb5
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900
• https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-009/?fid=6478Third Party Advisory
• https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 25, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified