Improper Authentication Affecting ruby-rails-3.2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-RUBYRAILS32-330994
  • published8 Aug 2012
  • disclosed8 Aug 2012

Introduced: 8 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-3424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 ruby-rails-3.2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-rails-3.2 package and not the ruby-rails-3.2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The decode_credentials method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.0.16, 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and 3.2.x before 3.2.7 converts Digest Authentication strings to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging access to an application that uses a with_http_digest helper method, as demonstrated by the authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest method.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1