Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ruby-devise  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-RUBYDEVISE-529038
  • published3 Apr 2019
  • disclosed3 Apr 2019

Introduced: 3 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-5421  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-307  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-devise package and not the ruby-devise package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Plataformatec Devise version 4.5.0 and earlier, using the lockable module contains a CWE-367 vulnerability in The Devise::Models::Lockable class, more specifically at the #increment_failed_attempts method. File location: lib/devise/models/lockable.rb that can result in Multiple concurrent requests can prevent an attacker from being blocked on brute force attacks. This attack appear to be exploitable via Network connectivity - brute force attacks. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.6.0 and later.