CVE-2007-6077: session fixation protection mechanism in cgi_process.rb in Rails

October 24, 2017 (updated April 9, 2025)

The session fixation protection mechanism in cgi_process.rb in Rails 1.2.4, as used in Ruby on Rails, removes the :cookie_only attribute from the DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS constant, which effectively causes cookie_only to be applied only to the first instantiation of CgiRequest, which allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5380.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-p4c6-77gc-694x
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails/CVE-2007-6077.yml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6077
rubyonrails.org/2007/11/24/ruby-on-rails-1-2-6-security-and-maintenance-release

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