Open Redirect Affecting rails package, versions <2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-RAILS-2320130
  • published15 Dec 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2022

Introduced: 15 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-44528  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-601  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 rails to version 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A open redirect vulnerability exists in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow an attacker to craft a "X-Forwarded-Host" headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website.

CVSS Scores

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