Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting introspection package, versions <0.0.3


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-INTROSPECTION-20407
  • published 1 Aug 2017
  • disclosed 16 Jan 2014
  • credit unknown

Introduced: 16 Jan 2014

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-300 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade introspection to version 0.0.3 or higher.

Overview

introspection is Dynamic inspection of the hierarchy of method definitions on a Ruby object.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks due to attacks due to downloading gems over an insecure protocol. Without a secure connection, it is possible for an attacker to intercept this connection and alter the packages received. In serious cases, this may even lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) on your host server.

You can read more about Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) on our blog.

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