MEDIUM
GHSA-fg9w-g6m4-557j
actionpack and activesupport vulnerable to information leaks
Quick fix
GHSA-fg9w-g6m4-557j — actionpack: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
bundle update actionpackDetails
A certain algorithm in Ruby on Rails 2.1.0 through 2.2.2, and 2.3.x before 2.3.4, leaks information about the complexity of message-digest signature verification in the cookie store, which might allow remote attackers to forge a digest via multiple attempts.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3086[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1f07a89c5946910fc28ea5ccd1da6af8a0f972a0[WEB]
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/674f780d59a5a7ec0301755d43a7b277a3ad2978[WEB]
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/d460c9a25560f43e7c3789abadf7b455053eb686[WEB]
- https://github.com/rails/rails[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2009-3086.yml[WEB]
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2009-3086.yml[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090906010200/http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090907001716/http://secunia.com/advisories/36600[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200229150042/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37427[WEB]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html[WEB]
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/9/4/timing-weakness-in-ruby-on-rails[WEB]
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260[WEB]