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CVE-2020-24393 — Improper Certificate Validation in tweetstream —...

MEDIUM

Improper Certificate Validation in TweetStream

Published April 13, 2021Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

TweetStream 2.6.1 uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way that does not have TLS hostname validation. This allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published April 13, 2021 (2008 days ago).
  • Last revised November 8, 2023 — 939 days after initial publication.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
tweetstream
rubygems
0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3 (+29 more)Range-based data available

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-295
    Improper Certificate ValidationMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 5.9 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2020-24393?
Improper Certificate Validation in TweetStream This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 5.9/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2020-24393?
CVE-2020-24393 affects tweetstream. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2020-24393 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
5.9

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

Also Known As

GHSA-6hrm-jqp3-64cv

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