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GHSA-6WPV-CJ6X-V3JW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-03-13 16:15 – Updated: 2026-04-17 19:00

Summary

http vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

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BREW-KRANE-CVE-2015-1828 (GHSA-6WPV-CJ6X-V3JW)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:01 – Updated: 2026-08-13 17:01 – Source website

Summary

http vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

References

URL

Type

	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1828	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8	WEB
	https://github.com/httprb/http	PACKAGE
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	https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/httprb/jk…	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

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CVE-2015-1828 (GCVE-0-2015-1828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-06 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1130 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

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https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Date Public

2015-03-24 00:00

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GSD-2015-1828

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2015-03-24 00:00

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2015-1828

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          "exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
          "impactScore": 3.6
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2019-10-17T12:58Z",
      "publishedDate": "2017-10-06T22:29Z"
    }
  }
}

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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