Vulnerability CVE-2015-1828
Published: 2017-10-06   Modified: 2017-10-07

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.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Http.rb project -> Http.rb 

 References:
https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU
https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828
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