CVE-2018-3759.yml

---
gem: private_address_check
cve: 2018-3759
ghsa: 2xvj-j3qh-x8c3
url: https://github.com/jtdowney/private_address_check/commit/4068228187db87fea7577f7020099399772bb147
title: private_address_check Ruby Gem Time-of-check Time-of-use race condition
date: 2018-05-03
description: |
  private_address_check ruby gem before 0.5.0 is vulnerable to a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU)
  race condition due to the address the socket uses not being checked. DNS entries with a TTL of 0
  can trigger this case where the initial resolution is a public address by the subsequent
  resolution is a private address.
patched_versions:
  - ">= 0.5.0"