FKIE_CVE-2015-1820

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-09 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:23
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.8.0 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie information by leveraging passage of cookies set in a response to a redirect.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/3Mailing List, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73295Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/369Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/3Mailing List, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73295Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/369Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rest-client_project rest-client *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:23:04.020",
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