Mageia 7: MGASA-2021-0172 Risk Notification for Ruby-Em-Http-Request
mageia
April 2, 2021
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/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/Z32PUJA6RGBZ3TKSOTGUXZ45662S3MVF/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13482
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/ruby-em-http-request-1.1.7-1.mga7
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Publication date: 02 Apr 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0172.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-13482
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