Ruby on Rails Bug in 'with_http_digest' Methods Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027318 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027318
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-3424
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 27 2012
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 3.x prior to versions 3.0.16, 3.1.7, 3.2.7
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Ruby on Rails. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted authentication data to trigger a flaw in the 'with_http_digest' authentication or request methods and cause the target application to crash.
Systems using Digest Authentication support in Rails are affected.
Charlie Somerville reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target application to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.16, 3.1.7, 3.2.7).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rubyonrails-security/vxJjrc15qYM
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Vendor URL: weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails-3-2-7-has-been-released/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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