CVE-2015-3900: oracle solaris 7PK - Security Features
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-3900 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in oracle solaris. EPSS estimates a 8.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 24-06-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
8.87%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.06 pp
From 8.93% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat19 products
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0
- rh-ruby22-ruby< 0:2.2.2-12.el6 | < 0:2.2.2-12.el7
- rh-ruby22-ruby-debuginfo< 0:2.2.2-12.el6 | < 0:2.2.2-12.el7
- rh-ruby22-ruby-devel< 0:2.2.2-12.el6 | < 0:2.2.2-12.el7
- rh-ruby22-ruby-doc< 0:2.2.2-12.el6 | < 0:2.2.2-12.el7
Mageia2 products
- ruby-RubyGems< 2.1.11-3.1.mga4
- ruby-RubyGems< 2.1.11-5.1.mga5
RubyGems2 products
- rubygems-update≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.16 | ≥ 2.2.0, < 2.2.4 | ≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.7
- rubygems2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.0.12 | 2.0.13 | 2.0.14 | 2.0.15 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6
Debian1 product
- jruby< 1.7.20.1-2
Oracle1 product
- solarisEOL11.3
Ruby-lang1 product
- rubyEOL1.9 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.3 | 2.0.0 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.2.0
6 vendors · 26 products
References
26 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163502.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163600.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAWEB
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Attacking-Ruby-Gem-Security-with-CVE-2015-3900/X Refsource MISCThird Party Advisory
- www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-007/?fid=6356X Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164236.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAWEB
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- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party AdvisoryWEB