CVE-2007-5162 Information

Description

The connect method in lib/net/http.rb in the (1) Net::HTTP and (2) Net::HTTPS libraries in Ruby 1.8.5 and 1.8.6 does not verify that the commonName (CN) field in a server certificate matches the domain name in an HTTPS request which makes it easier for remote attackers to intercept SSL transmissions via a man-in-the-middle attack or spoofed web site.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/26985 http://secunia.com/advisories/27044 http://secunia.com/advisories/27432 http://secunia.com/advisories/27576 http://secunia.com/advisories/27673 http://secunia.com/advisories/27756 http://secunia.com/advisories/27764 http://secunia.com/advisories/27769 http://secunia.com/advisories/27818 http://secunia.com/advisories/28645 http://secunia.com/advisories/29556 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3180 http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=13499 http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=13500 http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=13502 http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=13504 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1410 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1411 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1412 http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-006-rubyssl.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:029 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0965.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480987/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483577/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25847 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-596-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3340 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=313791 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36861 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10738 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00087.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00097.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00391.html