A rubygem-em-http-request security update has been released for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0.

RHSA-2021:0937-01: Important: rubygem-em-http-request security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: rubygem-em-http-request security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0937-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0937
Issue date: 2021-03-18
CVE Names: CVE-2020-13482
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1. Summary:

An update for rubygem-em-http-request is now available for Red Hat
OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens).

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 - ppc64le, x86_64

3. Description:

EventMachine based, async HTTP Request client.

Security Fix(es):

* missing SSL hostname validation allows MITM (CVE-2020-13482)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page listed in the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

  https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1911457 - CVE-2020-13482 rubygem-em-http-request: missing SSL hostname validation allows MITM

6. Package List:

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7:

Source:
rubygem-em-http-request-1.1.5-4.el7ost.src.rpm

ppc64le:
rubygem-em-http-request-1.1.5-4.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm
rubygem-em-http-request-debuginfo-1.1.5-4.el7ost.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
rubygem-em-http-request-1.1.5-4.el7ost.x86_64.rpm
rubygem-em-http-request-debuginfo-1.1.5-4.el7ost.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13482
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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