Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting http package, versions < 0.7.3, >= 0.7< 0.6.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-HTTP-20210
  • published23 Mar 2015
  • disclosed23 Mar 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-1828  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-300  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

http is a HTTP client library.

Affected versions fail to perform SSL hostname verification. It allows an attacker with a valid certificate mismatching subject to carry out an HTTPS MitM attack.

CVSS Base Scores

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