CVE-2015-4020: RubyGems Improper Input Validation vulnerability

CVE-2015-4020 · Severity: info · Published 2022-05-17

RubyGems Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Technologies: rubygems-update (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2015-4020 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-4020 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2015-4020?
Informational severity, published 17 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
rubygems-update (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.17.
Is there a fix for CVE-2015-4020?
Yes. rubygems-update (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.0.17 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2015-4020?
Check whether you run rubygems-update (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • rubygems-update (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.0.17 or later
    bundle update rubygems-update

Affected products

  • rubygems-update (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.17

Identifiers

  • CVE-2015-4020
  • GHSA-qv62-xfj6-32xm

This page as Markdown. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link back.