MGASA-2021-0172 - Updated ruby-em-http-request packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 02 Apr 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0172.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2020-13482 Updated ruby-em-http-request packages fix security vulnerability: A flaw was found in rubygem-em-http-request. The eventmachine library does not verify the hostname in a TLS server certificate which can allow an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity (CVE-2020-13482). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27976 - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/Z32PUJA6RGBZ3TKSOTGUXZ45662S3MVF/ - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13482 SRPMS: - 7/core/ruby-em-http-request-1.1.7-1.mga7
Mageia 2021-0172: ruby-em-http-request security update
Updated ruby-em-http-request packages fix security vulnerability: A flaw was found in rubygem-em-http-request
Summary
Updated ruby-em-http-request packages fix security vulnerability:
A flaw was found in rubygem-em-http-request. The eventmachine library does
not verify the hostname in a TLS server certificate which can allow an
attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. The highest threat from this
vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity (CVE-2020-13482).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27976
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/Z32PUJA6RGBZ3TKSOTGUXZ45662S3MVF/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13482
Resolution
MGASA-2021-0172 - Updated ruby-em-http-request packages fix security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 7/core/ruby-em-http-request-1.1.7-1.mga7
Severity
Publication date: 02 Apr 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0172.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-13482
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