GHSA-mf83-c25g-48r6
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
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.
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Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 url
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27673 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27818 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28645 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29556 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1410 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1411 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1412 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:029 url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-596-1 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5770 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=362081 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11025 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26985 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27764 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27769 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 url
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html url
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