Vulnerability · Published Feb 19, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24393
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the tweetstream package (RubyGems). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | tweetstream | no fix listed | GHSA-6hrm-jqp3-64cv |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/tweetstream/tweetstream x_refsource_MISC
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-096-tweetstream-tweetstream x_refsource_MISC