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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.09% (41st percentile)

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

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.4 high
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Red Hat

7.4 high