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GSD-2015-1828
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2015-03-24 00:00Details
http.rb failed to call the OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#post_connection_check method to perform hostname verification.
Because of this, an attacker with a valid certificate but with a mismatched subject can perform a MitM attack.
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