CVE-2021-21373 - log back

CVE-2021-21373 edited at 20 Apr 2021 19:29:55
Severity
- Unknown
+ High
Remote
- Unknown
+ Remote
Type
- Unknown
+ Man-in-the-middle
Description
+ In Nimble before version 0.13.0, "nimble refresh" fetches a list of Nimble packages over HTTPS by default. In case of error it falls back to a non-TLS URL http://irclogs.nim-lang.org/packages.json. An attacker able to perform MitM can deliver a modified package list containing malicious software packages. If the packages are installed and used the attack escalates to untrusted code execution.
References
+ https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-8w52-r35x-rgp8
+ https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-insecure-ssl-tls-defaults-remote-code-execution/
+ https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/aec0ae5c23d2e2a2ec28e97dcb9dd6cb1e68b134
Notes
CVE-2021-21373 created at 20 Apr 2021 19:26:09