CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-7576

3.7 LOW Published 2016-02-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-02-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
3.7 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-254

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• rubyonrails rails 4.0.0 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.1 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.2 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.3 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.4 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.5 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.6 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.7 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.8 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.9 • rubyonrails rails 4.0.10 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.0 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.1 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.2 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.3 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.4 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.5 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.6 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.7 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.7.1 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.8 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.9 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.10 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.12 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.13 • rubyonrails rails 4.1.14 • rubyonrails rails 4.2.0 • rubyonrails rails 4.2.1 • rubyonrails rails 4.2.2 • rubyonrails rails 4.2.3 • rubyonrails rails 4.2.4 • rubyonrails rails 4.2.5 • rubyonrails rails 5.0.0 • rubyonrails ruby on rails (<= 3.2.22) • rubyonrails ruby on rails 4.0.10 • rubyonrails ruby on rails 4.0.11 • rubyonrails ruby on rails 4.0.11.1 • rubyonrails ruby on rails 4.0.12 • rubyonrails ruby on rails 4.0.13 • rubyonrails ruby on rails 4.1.11

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References