GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-g466-57gh-cqfw Spree uses a hardcoded hash value
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2008-7311
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- spree
- Severity
- Moderate
- Reviewed
- 2023-01-27
Affected packages
• RubyGems spree: < 0.4.0 → fixed in 0.4.0
Description
The session cookie store implementation in Spree 0.2.0 uses a hardcoded `config.action_controller_session` hash value (aka secret key), which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging an application that contains this value within the `config/environment.rb` file.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2008-7311 The session cookie store implementation in Spree 0.2.0 uses a hardcoded config.action_controller_session hash value (aka secret key), which… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7311 advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/spree/CVE-2008-7311.yml web
- https://github.com/spree/spree package
- https://spreecommerce.com/blog/security-vulernability-session-cookie-store web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090306033106/http://support.spreehq.org/issues/show/63 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100309050152/http://rubygems.org/gems/spree/versions web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101128024939/http://spreecommerce.com/blog/2008/08/12/security-vulernability-session-cookie-store web
- http://spreecommerce.com/blog/2008/08/12/security-vulernability-session-cookie-store web