CVE-2020-13482 – rubygem-em-http-request: missing SSL hostname validation allows MITM

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2020-13482

EM-HTTP-Request 1.1.5 uses 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. EM-HTTP-Request versión 1.1.5, usa la biblioteca eventmachine en una manera no segura que permite a un atacante llevar a cabo un ataque de tipo man-in-the-middle contra los usuarios de la biblioteca. El nombre de host en un certificado de servidor TLS no es verificado. A flaw was found in rubygem-em-http-request. • https://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request/issues/339 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKYP5TR5NTVVDX5R4HCNNH2OQR7M4X3J https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z32PUJA6RGBZ3TKSOTGUXZ45662S3MVF https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-094-igrigorik-em-http-request https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13482 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1911457 • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation CWE-297: Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch •