CVE-2019-15224: rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code

CVE-2019-15224 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2019-08-20

rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code

Technologies: rest-client (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2019-15224 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-15224 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2019-15224?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 20 August 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
awesome-bot (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0; bitcoin_vanity (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0; blockchain_wallet (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0; capistrano-colors (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0; and 6 more.
Is there a fix for CVE-2019-15224?
Yes. rest-client (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.7.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2019-15224?
Check whether you run awesome-bot (RubyGems), bitcoin_vanity (RubyGems), blockchain_wallet (RubyGems) or one of the others listed 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

  • rest-client (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
    bundle update rest-client

Affected products

  • awesome-bot (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • bitcoin_vanity (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • blockchain_wallet (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • capistrano-colors (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • coin_base (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • coming-soon (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • cron_parser (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.0.13,last_affected=1.0.14
  • doge-coin (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • omniauth_amazon (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0
  • rest-client (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.6.10,fixed=1.7.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2019-15224
  • GHSA-333g-rpr4-7hxq

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