In short
- CVE-2017-0904 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting private_address_check, private address check (private address check project).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 84.2% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 0.4.0 or later.
Description
The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to a bypass due to use of Ruby's Resolv.getaddresses method, which is OS-dependent and should not be relied upon for security measures, such as when used to blacklist private network addresses to prevent server-side request forgery.
NVD description
The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to a bypass due to use of Ruby's Resolv.getaddresses method, which is OS-dependent and should not be relied upon for security measures, such as when used to blacklist private network addresses to prevent server-side request forgery.
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