Improper Certificate Validation in oauth ruby gem
Published: April 22, 2021
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2016-11086 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-7359-3c6r-hfc2
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 7.4 (High)
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 0.5.5
DESCRIPTION
lib/oauth/consumer.rb in the oauth-ruby gem through 0.5.4 for Ruby does not verify server X.509 certificates if a certificate bundle cannot be found, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information.