CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-3424

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-08-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
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