GHSA-p692-7mm3-3fxg
Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / GHSA-p692-7mm3-3fxg
Summary: actionpack is vulnerable to remote bypass authentication
Details: The http_basic_authenticate_with method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in the Basic Authentication implementation in Action Controller in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not use a constant-time algorithm for verifying credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication by measuring timing differences.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7576, https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/17e6f1507b7f2c2a883c180f4f9548445d6dfbd, https://github.com/rails/rails, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2015-7576.yml, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/ANv0HDHEC3k, https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/ANv0HDHEC3k/T8Hgq-hYEgAJ, https://web.archive.org/web/20160405205300/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816, https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001849/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81803, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178068.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/8
Affected packages
Package
Name: actionpack
Purl: pkg:gem/actionpack
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
