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Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting em-http-request package, versions <1.1.6

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.09% (39th percentile)
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NVD
7.4 high
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Red Hat
7.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-EMHTTPREQUEST-570369
  • published 26 May 2020
  • disclosed 26 May 2020
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 26 May 2020

CVE-2020-13482 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-300 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade em-http-request to version 1.1.6 or higher.

Overview

em-http-request is an EventMachine based, async HTTP Request client.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM). The library eventmachine is being used in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against users of the library. The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified.