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CVE-2015-1820 Detail

Current Description

REST 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/09/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/3 Mailing List VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73295 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/369 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-1820
NVD Published Date:
08/09/2017
NVD Last Modified:
08/21/2017