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actionpack Improper Authentication vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 10, 2023

Package

bundler actionpack (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 3.0.16
>= 3.1.0, < 3.1.7
>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.7

Patched versions

3.0.16
3.1.7
3.2.7

Description

The decode_credentials method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in Ruby on Rails 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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 8, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Nov 10, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.920%
(83rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-3424

GHSA ID

GHSA-92w9-2pqw-rhjj

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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