CVE-2012-3424 (GCVE-0-2012-3424)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-08 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-secur… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2012-07-26 00:00
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