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CVE-2014-0036

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0036 describes a vulnerability in the rbovirt gem (versions prior to 0.0.24) for Ruby, where it disables SSL verification when using the rest-client gem. This oversight allows remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity but no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amos_benari:rbovirt:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amos_benari:rbovirt:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amos_benari:rbovirt:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amos_benari:rbovirt:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amos_benari:rbovirt:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rbovirtFixed in: 0.0.24
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-rbovirt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.2Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-rbovirt

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-ww79-8xwv-932xmedium

rbovirt uses the rest-client gem with SSL verification disabled

Oct 24, 2017
redhatCVE-2014-0036Moderate

rubygem-rbovirt: unsafe use of rest-client

Mar 5, 2014

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130148.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130180.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q1/509