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CVE-2019-15224 — Vulnerability in awesome-bot — CVE Details

CRITICAL

rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code

Published August 20, 2019Updated February 16, 2024Source: osv

Summary

The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x. Additionally, a set of other minor gems have been partially or completely yanked and are included in this advisory. These include cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, lita_coin, coming-soon, and omniauth_amazon.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published August 20, 2019 (2610 days ago).
  • Last revised February 16, 2024 — 1641 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update rest-client to 1.7.0 or later
gem install rest-client -v 1.7.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (11)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (10).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
awesome-bot
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
doge-coin
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
cron_parser
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
coin_base
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
rest-client
rubygems
1.6.14, 1.7.0.rc11.7.0
bitcoin_vanity
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
capistrano-colors
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
blockchain_wallet
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
cron_parser
rubygems
0.1.4No fix available
coming-soon
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available
omniauth_amazon
rubygems
All versionsRange-based data available

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-15224?
rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2019-15224?
CVE-2019-15224 affects awesome-bot, doge-coin and cron_parser (and 7 more). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-15224 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-333g-rpr4-7hxq

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