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CVE-2015-7576: Timing attack vulnerability in basic authentication

February 15, 2016 (updated August 8, 2019)

Due to the way that Action Controller compares user names and passwords in basic authentication authorization code, it is possible for an attacker to analyze the time taken by a response and intuit the password. You can tell you application is vulnerable to this attack by looking for http_basic_authenticate_with method calls in your application.

References

  • groups.google.com/forum/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 5.0.0.alpha before 5.0.0.beta1.1, all versions starting from 4.2.0.alpha before 4.2.5.1, all versions starting from 4.0.0.alpha before 4.1.14.1, all versions before 3.2.22.1

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.22.1
  • 4.1.14.1
  • 4.2.5.1
  • 5.0.0.beta1.1

Solution

Upgrade to latest, apply patches or use workaround. See provided link.

Impact 3.7 LOW

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-254

Source file

gem/actionpack/CVE-2015-7576.yml

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