CVE-2025-0306
ruby: openssl: Ruby Marvin Attack
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 24, 2024
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in Ruby. The Ruby interpreter is vulnerable to the Marvin Attack. This attack allows the attacker to decrypt previously encrypted messages or forge signatures by exchanging a large number of messages with the vulnerable service.
Statement
More information about the Marvin Attack may be found at https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/marvin-attack.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
See the following possible mitigations for this flaw:
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Do not use the methods with PKCS#1v1.5 padding in network contexts. Make sure that any calls that happen, will perform OAEP decryption only. Do not support PKCS#1v1.5 encryption padding at all.
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Use Ruby with a version of OpenSSL that has the implicit rejection mechanism implemented.(https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/13817, https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7fc67e0a33102aa47bbaa56533eeecb98c0450f7 included in 3.2.0, backported to RHEL-8)
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-385 · Covert Timing Channel