CVE-2015-1828

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Ruby http gem before 0.7.3 does not verify hostnames in SSL connections, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle-attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU
https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU
https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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