The Ruby http gem before 0.7.3 does not verify hostnames in SSL connections, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle-attack.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1828
Reference (s):
- https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU
- https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828