Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting em-imap package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-EMIMAP-569726
  • published20 May 2020
  • disclosed19 May 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 May 2020

CVE-2020-13163  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-297  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

em-imap is a gem that allows you to connect to an IMAP4rev1 server in a non-blocking fashion.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM). The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified. An attacker can assume the identity of a trusted server and introduce malicious data in an otherwise trusted place.

CVSS Scores

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