Insufficient Hostname Validation Affecting security-framework package, versions <0.1.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-SECURITYFRAMEWORK-72299
  • published4 Oct 2018
  • disclosed15 Mar 2017
  • creditSteven Fackler

Introduced: 15 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-18588  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade security-framework to version 0.1.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of security-framework are vulnerable to Insufficient Hostname Validation. If custom root certificates were registered with a ClientBuilder, the hostname of the target server would not be validated against its presented leaf certificate.

CVSS Scores

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