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1 vulnerability by faye-websocket_project
CVE-2020-15133 (GCVE-0-2020-15133)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-31 17:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:08
VLAI?
Title
Missing TLS certificate verification in Faye Websocket
Summary
In faye-websocket before version 0.11.0, there is a lack of certification validation in TLS handshakes. The `Faye::WebSocket::Client` class uses the `EM::Connection#start_tls` method in EventMachine to implement the TLS handshake whenever a `wss:` URL is used for the connection. This method does not implement certificate verification by default, meaning that it does not check that the server presents a valid and trusted TLS certificate for the expected hostname. That means that any `wss:` connection made using this library is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, since it does not confirm the identity of the server it is connected to. For further background information on this issue, please see the referenced GitHub Advisory. Upgrading `faye-websocket` to v0.11.0 is recommended.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| faye | faye-websocket |
Affected:
< 0.11.0
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