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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2017-0904 Detail

Description

The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to a bypass due to use of Ruby's Resolv.getaddresses method, which is OS-dependent and should not be relied upon for security measures, such as when used to blacklist private network addresses to prevent server-side request forgery.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://edoverflow.com/2017/ruby-resolv-bug/ Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/jtdowney/private_address_check/commit/58a0d7fe31de339c0117160567a5b33ad82b46af Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/jtdowney/private_address_check/issues/1 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://hackerone.com/reports/287245 Issue Tracking  Mitigation  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://hackerone.com/reports/287835 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-242 Use of Inherently Dangerous Function HackerOne  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-0904
NVD Published Date:
11/13/2017
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2019
Source:
HackerOne