# private_address_check vulnerable to bypass of Resolv.getaddresses method

Advisory record · `GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4` · `CVE-2017-0904`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-242](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/242.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-242](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-242.md)
- **Published:** 29 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 30 Nov 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 29 Nov 2017, 23:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `private_address_check` (RubyGems): affected `<0.4.0`; fixed in `0.4.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.024, the 84th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 29 Nov 2017. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4)
- [OSV: GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0904>
- <https://github.com/jtdowney/private_address_check/issues/1>
- <https://github.com/jtdowney/private_address_check/commit/58a0d7fe31de339c0117160567a5b33ad82b46af>
- <https://hackerone.com/reports/287245>
- <https://hackerone.com/reports/287835>
- <https://edoverflow.com/2017/ruby-resolv-bug>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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