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CVE-2017-0909 (GCVE-0-2017-0909)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-16 22:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:49
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Summary
The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.1 is vulnerable to a bypass due to an incomplete blacklist of common private/local network addresses used to prevent server-side request forgery.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-184 - Incomplete Blacklist (CWE-184)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne private_address_check ruby gem Affected: Versions before 0.4.1
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Date Public
2017-11-16 00:00
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