[arch-security] [ASA-201504-13] ruby: permissive certificate verification
Levente Polyak
anthraxx at archlinux.org
Tue Apr 14 15:07:37 UTC 2015
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201504-13
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Severity: Medium
Date : 2015-04-14
CVE-ID : CVE-2015-1855
Package : ruby
Type : permissive certificate verification
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE
Summary
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The package ruby before version 2.2.2-1 is vulnerable to permissive
certificate verification via matching of hostnames.
Resolution
==========
Upgrade to 2.2.2-1.
# pacman -Syu "ruby>=2.2.2-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.2.2.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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After reviewing RFC 6125 and RFC 5280, multiple violations were found of
matching hostnames and particularly wildcard certificates.
Ruby’s OpenSSL extension will now provide a string-based matching
algorithm which follows more strict behavior, as recommended by these
RFCs. In particular, matching of more than one wildcard per subject/SAN
is no-longer allowed. As well, comparison of these values are now
case-insensitive.
This change will take affect Ruby’s
OpenSSL::SSL#verify_certificate_identity behavior.
Specifically:
- Only one wildcard character in the left-most part of the hostname is
allowed.
- IDNA names can now only be matched by a simple wildcard (e.g.
‘*.domain’).
- Subject/SAN should be limited to ASCII characters only.
Impact
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A remote attacker can make use of the overly permissive hostname
matching during certificate verifications to perform a man-in-the-middle
attack by spoofing SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
References
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https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/04/13/ruby-openssl-hostname-matching-vulnerability/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1855
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9644
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