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Information Exposure Affecting mechanize package, versions <2.4

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-MECHANIZE-20363
  • published 8 May 2017
  • disclosed 19 Apr 2012
  • credit Eric Hodel
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Introduced: 19 Apr 2012

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How to fix?

Upgrade mechanize to version 2.4 or higher.

Overview

mechanize is used for automating interaction with websites.

Affected versions of the package exposed the http authentication credentials. Only one set of HTTP authentication credentials were allowed for a connections. If a mechanize instance connected to more than one server then a malicious server detecting mechanize could ask for HTTP Basic authentication. This would expose the username and password intended only for one server.