CVE-2015-7576

LOW

Ruby on Rails <3.2.22.1, <4.0.x, <4.1.x-4.1.14.1, <4.2.x-4.2.5.1, <...

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The http_basic_authenticate_with method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in the Basic Authentication implementation in Action Controller in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not use a constant-time algorithm for verifying credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication by measuring timing differences.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/8
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178068.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81803
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html

Scores

CVSS v3 3.7
EPSS 0.0112
EPSS Percentile 78.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (24)
rubygems/actionpack 3.1.0 - 3.2.22.1RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.0 (4 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.1 (5 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.2
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.3
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.4 (2 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.5
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.6 (4 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.7
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.8
... and 14 more
Published Feb 16, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026