Auth bypass in Ruby-Lang Ruby

CVE-2007-5162

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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