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CVE-2012-3424

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-07-26	rubygem-actionpack -- Denial of Service

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CVE-2012-3424 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-3424
Phase	Assigned(20120614)

Description

The decode_credentials method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.0.16, 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and 3.2.x before 3.2.7 converts Digest Authentication strings to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging access to an application that uses a with_http_digest helper method, as demonstrated by the authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest method.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[rubyonrails-security] 20120726 Ruby on Rails DoS Vulnerability in authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest (CVE-2012-3424)
CONFIRM	http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails-3-2-7-has-been-released/
REDHAT	RHSA-2013:0154
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1066