CVE-2015-1820

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1820
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-09 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-21 16:34:00 UTC
DescriptionREST 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-384

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rest-client Project Rest-client All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2015-1820: rest-client passes values from Set-Cookie headers to arbitrary redirection target · Issue #369 · rest-client/rest-client · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
RubyGems rest-client CVE-2015-1820 Session Fixation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1205291 – (CVE-2015-1820) CVE-2015-1820 rubygem-rest-client: session fixation vulnerability Set-Cookie headers present in an HTTP 30x redirection responses CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE-2015-1820: ruby rest-client session fixation vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 239228 Red Hat Update for Satellite 6.9 (RHSA-2021:1313)
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