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CVE-2018-1000119: Timing attack vulnerability

March 7, 2018 (updated July 28, 2018)

Sinatra rack-protection contains a timing attack vulnerability in the CSRF token checking that can result in signatures can be exposed. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to the ruby application.

References

  • github.com/sinatra/rack-protection/pull/98
  • github.com/sinatra/sinatra/commit/8aa6c42ef724f93ae309fb7c5668e19ad547eceb
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000119

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.5.5, all versions starting from 2.0.0.beta1 before 2.0.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.5.5
  • 2.0.0

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.5.5, 2.0.0 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy

Source file

gem/rack-protection/CVE-2018-1000119.yml

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