MEDIUM5.9

GHSA-6wpv-cj6x-v3jw

http vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Quick fix

GHSA-6wpv-cj6x-v3jw — http: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update http

Details

The Ruby http gem before 0.6.4 and 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.

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Affected packages

RubyGems/http

Introduced in: 0.7.0Fixed in: 0.7.3

Fixbundle update http

RubyGems/http

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.6.4

Fixbundle update http

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1828[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8[WEB]
https://github.com/httprb/http[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/http/CVE-2015-1828.yml[WEB]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU[WEB]
https://my.diffend.io/gems/http/0.6.3/0.6.4[WEB]
https://my.diffend.io/gems/http/0.7.2/0.7.3[WEB]
https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828[WEB]