GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r

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    GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r

    Published: 17 Sept 2018Last Modified: 2 Dec 2024

    Summary: Moderate severity vulnerability that affects actionpack

    Details: Withdrawn, accidental duplicate publish. 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/advisories/GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: actionpack

    Purl: pkg:gem/actionpack

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 4.2.0
    Fixed -4.2.5.1

    Affected versions

    4.2.0
    4.2.1
    4.2.1.rc1
    4.2.1.rc2
    4.2.1.rc3
    4.2.1.rc4
    4.2.2
    4.2.3
    4.2.3.rc1
    4.2.4
    4.2.4.rc1
    4.2.5
    4.2.5.rc1
    4.2.5.rc2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High