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CVE-2018-3759

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CVE-2018-3759

Published: Jun 13, 2018

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

private_address_check ruby gem before 0.5.0 is vulnerable to a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition due to the address the socket uses not being checked. DNS entries with a TTL of 0 can trigger this case where the initial resolution is a public address but the subsequent resolution is a private address.

VendorProductVersions

HackerOne

private_address_check ruby gem

affected
0.5.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

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