GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-3fhf-6939-qg8p rest-client Gem Vulnerable to Session Fixation

CRITICAL Published 2018-08-13 Modified 2023-09-05 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2015-1820
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
rest-client
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-384
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems rest-client: >= 1.6.1.a, < 1.8.0 → fixed in 1.8.0

Description

REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) versions 1.6.1.a until 1.8.0 allow remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie information by leveraging passage of cookies set in a response to a redirect.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2015-1820 REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.8.0 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-384 Session Fixation weakness

References