MidnightBSD

Advisories for faye-websocket_project

CVE-2020-15133 MEDIUM

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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 8.7 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N 2.2 5.8
security-advisories@github.com 8.0 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N 1.6 5.8

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-295,CWE-295,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
faye-websocket_project faye-websocket *