GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/05/GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392/GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392
Aliases
Published
2021-05-24T18:12:20Z
Modified
2023-11-01T04:51:39.208459Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Improper certificate validation in em-imap
Details

em-imap 0.5 and earlier use the library eventmachine 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.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-05-19T22:15:00Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-295"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-20T22:25:15Z"
}
References

Affected packages

RubyGems / em-imap

Package

Name
em-imap
Purl
pkg:gem/em-imap

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
0.5

Affected versions

0.*

0.1
0.1.1
0.2
0.2.1
0.2.2
0.3.0
0.4.0
0.4.1
0.5