CVE-2015-1855 (GCVE-0-2015-1855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-11-29 20:46
Modified
2024-08-06 04:54
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Summary
verify_certificate_identity in the OpenSSL extension in Ruby before 2.0.0 patchlevel 645, 2.1.x before 2.1.6, and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not properly validate hostnames, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers via vectors related to (1) multiple wildcards, (1) wildcards in IDNA names, (3) case sensitivity, and (4) non-ASCII characters.
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Ruby Ruby Version: before 2.0.0 patchlevel 645
Version: 2.1.x before 2.1.6
Version: and 2.2.x before 2.2.2
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