CVE-2015-1820

rubygem-rest-client: session fixation vulnerability Set-Cookie headers present in an HTTP 30x redirection responses

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.8.0 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie information by leveraging passage of cookies set in a response to a redirect.

El cliente REST para Ruby (también llamado rest-client) en versiones anteriores a la 1.8.0 permite que atacantes remotos lleven a cabo ataques de fijación de sesión o que obtengan información confidencial de las cookies aprovechando el paso de cookies establecidas en una respuesta a una redirección.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-02-17 CVE Reserved
2017-08-09 CVE Published
2023-05-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
CWE-384: Session Fixation

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/3	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73295	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/369	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291	2017-08-21

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1820	2021-04-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Rest-client Project Search vendor "Rest-client Project"		Rest-client Search vendor "Rest-client Project" for product "Rest-client"				<= 1.7.3 Search vendor "Rest-client Project" for product "Rest-client" and version " <= 1.7.3"		ruby		Affected