CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-5770

Improper Authentication

Published: Nov 14, 2007 | Modified: Sep 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

The (1) Net::ftptls, (2) Net::telnets, (3) Net::imap, (4) Net::pop, and (5) Net::smtp libraries in Ruby 1.8.5 and 1.8.6 do not verify that the commonName (CN) field in a server certificate matches the domain name in a request sent over SSL, which makes it easier for remote attackers to intercept SSL transmissions via a man-in-the-middle attack or spoofed web site, different components than CVE-2007-5162.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ruby Ruby-lang 1.8.5 (including) 1.8.5 (including)
Ruby Ruby-lang 1.8.6 (including) 1.8.6 (including)
Libopenssl-ruby Ubuntu upstream *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu dapper *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu edgy *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu feisty *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu gutsy *
Ruby1.8 Ubuntu upstream *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat ruby-0:1.8.5-5.el5_1.1 *

Potential Mitigations

References