rest-client Gem Vulnerable to Session Fixation · CVE-2015-1820 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

rest-client Gem Vulnerable to Session Fixation

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 13, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 5, 2023

Package

rest-client (RubyGems)

Affected versions

>= 1.6.1.a, < 1.8.0

Patched versions

1.8.0

Description

REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) versions 1.6.1.a until 1.8.0 allow remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie information by leveraging passage of cookies set in a response to a redirect.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 13, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Sep 5, 2023

Severity

Critical

9.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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