Auth bypass in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2012-3424
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.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.019 (77.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Rubyonrails Ruby_on_rails — versions 3.0.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)