CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-3424
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.0
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.1
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.2
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.3
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.4
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.5
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.6
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.7
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.8
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.9
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.10
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.11
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.12
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.13
• rubyonrails rails 3.0.14
• rubyonrails ruby on rails 3.0.4
• rubyonrails rails 3.1.0
• rubyonrails rails 3.1.1
• rubyonrails rails 3.1.2
• rubyonrails rails 3.1.3
• rubyonrails rails 3.1.4
• rubyonrails rails 3.1.5
• rubyonrails rails 3.1.6
• rubyonrails rails 3.2.0
• rubyonrails rails 3.2.1
• rubyonrails rails 3.2.2
• rubyonrails rails 3.2.3
• rubyonrails rails 3.2.4
• rubyonrails rails 3.2.5
• rubyonrails rails 3.2.6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails-3-2-7-has-been-released/ weblog.rubyonrails.org
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/244d32f2fa25147d?hl=en&dmode=source&output=gplain groups.google.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails-3-2-7-has-been-released/ weblog.rubyonrails.org
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/244d32f2fa25147d?hl=en&dmode=source&output=gplain groups.google.com