CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-0904

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Published: Nov 13, 2017 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to a bypass due to use of Rubys 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.

Weakness

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Private_address_check Private_address_check_project * 0.4.0 (excluding)

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