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Fencer Intel
medium 6.8

CVE-2014-0036 json

rbovirt uses the rest-client gem with SSL verification disabled

published 2014-04-17 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-ww79-8xwv-932x , EUVD-2017-0325

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The rbovirt gem before 0.0.24 for Ruby uses the rest-client gem with SSL verification disabled, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems rbovirt 0.0.24

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0036 updated cvss 5.1

rubygem-rbovirt: unsafe use of rest-client

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ruby193-rubygem-rbovirt
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 ruby193-rubygem-rbovirt
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems rbovirt
<0.0.24
0.0.24

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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