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GHSA-92W9-2PQW-RHJJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2025-01-22 15:09

Summary

actionpack Improper Authentication vulnerability

Details

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.

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    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "id": "GHSA-92w9-2pqw-rhjj",
  "modified": "2025-01-22T15:09:51Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:38Z",
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CVE-2012-3424 (GCVE-0-2012-3424)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-08 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05

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

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1001 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
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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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