Ruby
RubyGems.org Vulnerability Explained
After evaluating Gemfury’s processing of RubyGems, we feel it is important to share our understanding and bring awareness to possible security issues when parsing untrusted YAML input.
On January 30, 2013, the community package server RubyGems.org was compromised with a rogue code execution vulnerability. The all-volunteer team sprung to action and in the following 53 hours yanked the expoit, patched the vulnerability, verified all the existing gems, and migrated the service to AWS. As of today, the service has been restored and deemed safe for use.
…Installing private RubyGems
Once you have signed up for a Gemfury account and uploaded a few Gems, you can install them via the command-line, or with a Bundler Gemfile. Your private Source URL The secret Source URL is the RubyGems endpoint for your Gemfury account. Do not share this URL to keep your account private. To retrieve this URL, follow these steps: Go to your dashboard Select the Get Started tab and then RubyGems …Private Gems on Heroku
Gemfury is your personal cloud for your private and custom RubyGems. Once you upload your RubyGem and enable Gemfury as a source, you can securely deploy any gem to any host. It’s simple, reliable, and hassle-free. Is this right for you? Heroku add-on is easy to activate, but it provides a limited subset of Gemfury functionality. If you would like to learn about all the options available, please visit Gemfury homepage or learn more about using Gemfury with Rubygems. …Introducing Gemfury for Ruby
Today we’re officially launching Gemfury to finally bring all the conveniences of RubyGems to your private Gems. What started as an internal collection of scripts has finally turned into a “real thing.” We love using it, and hope that you will too.
