CVE-2015-1820
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 3.7%rest-client Gem Vulnerable to Session Fixation
Published: 8/13/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/ruby-rest-clientfrom 0, < 1.6.7-6
- RubyGems/rest-client>= 1.6.1.a, < 1.8.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1820
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1820
- PATCHhttps://github.com/rest-client/rest-client
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291
- WEBhttps://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/369
- WEBhttps://rubygems.org/gems/rest-client/versions/1.6.1.a
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200228080106/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73295
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/3