CVE-2019-25025: Observable Timing Discrepancy

March 5, 2021 (updated March 15, 2021)

The activerecord-session_store (aka Active Record Session Store) component for Ruby on Rails does not use a constant-time approach when delivering information about whether a guessed session ID is valid. Consequently, remote attackers can leverage timing discrepancies to achieve a correct guess in a relatively short amount of time. This is a related issue to CVE-2019-16782.

References

github.com/rails/activerecord-session_store/pull/151
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25025

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2019-25025 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Learn more about Dependency Scanning →