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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXEyN2YtdjNyNi05djc3

Improper Certificate Validation in EM-HTTP-Request

EM-HTTP-Request 1.1.5 uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against users of the library. The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q27f-v3r6-9v77
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: almost 3 years ago
Updated: 8 months ago

CVSS Score: 7.4
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-q27f-v3r6-9v77, CVE-2020-13482
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13482
• https://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request/issues/339
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKYP5TR5NTVVDX5R4HCNNH2OQR7M4X3J/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Z32PUJA6RGBZ3TKSOTGUXZ45662S3MVF/
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-094-igrigorik-em-http-request
• https://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request/commit/e5fa144f8d21050dd1fc15a4dc8aa34ac6f30602
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q27f-v3r6-9v77
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/em-http-request/CVE-2020-13482.yml

Repository: https://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request
Blast Radius: 29.2

Affected Packages