CVE-2020-13163 – em-imap

Package

Manager: gem
Name: em-imap
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <=0.5

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00122 pctl0.32002

Details

Improper certificate validation in em-imap em-imap 0.5 and earlier use the library eventmachine in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against users of the library. The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified.

Metadata

Created: 2021-05-24T18:12:20Z
Modified: 2023-09-05T21:47:52Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/05/GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392/GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-295"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-4f68-49qq-h392
Finding: F163
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