CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-1828
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The Ruby http gem before 0.7.3 does not verify hostnames in SSL connections, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle-attack.
Affected configurations
• http.rb project http.rb (<= 0.7.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU groups.google.com
- https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU groups.google.com
- https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828 Third Party Advisory