GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-qphc-hf5q-v8fc actionpack Open Redirect in Host Authorization Middleware

MEDIUM Published 2021-12-14 Modified 2024-02-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-44528
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
actionpack
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-601
Reviewed
2021-12-14

Affected packages

• RubyGems actionpack: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.4.2 → fixed in 6.0.4.2 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.4.2 → fixed in 6.1.4.2

Description

Specially crafted "X-Forwarded-Host" headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website. Impacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. For example, configuration files that look like this: ``` config.hosts << '.EXAMPLE.com' ``` When an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted Host header can be used to redirect to a malicious website. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2021-22881 and CVE-2021-22942. Releases -------- The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. Patches ------- To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset. • 6-0-host-authorzation-open-redirect.patch - Patch for 6.0 series • 6-1-host-authorzation-open-redirect.patch - Patch for 6.1 series • 7-0-host-authorzation-open-redirect.patch - Patch for 7.0 series Please note that only the 6.1.Z, 6.0.Z, and 5.2.Z series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-44528 A open redirect vulnerability exists in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow an attacker to craft a "X-Forwarded-Host" headers in… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness

References