CVE-2015-1820

critical

Published 2015-03-24 · Modified 2024-02-16

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.6.7-6`
sid	Fixed	`1.6.7-6`
forky	Fixed	`1.6.7-6`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.6.7-6`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.6.7-6`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
RubyGems	rest-client	`!<= 1.6.0\|\|<>= 1.8.0`	`>= 1.8.0`
RubyGems	rest-client	`>=1.6.1.a,<1.8.0`	`1.8.0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
rest-client_project	rest-client	`{"endIncluding":"1.7.3"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-384

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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