Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-0904 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Private Address Check Project Private Address Check 0.1.0/0.2.0/0.3.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 3 |