Class: Dawn::Kb::CVE_2012_3424

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Includes:
DependencyCheck
Defined in:
lib/dawn/kb/cve_2012_3424.rb

Overview

Automatically created with rake on 2013-07-12

Constant Summary

Constants included from BasicCheck

BasicCheck::ALLOWED_FAMILIES

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes included from DependencyCheck

#aux_mitigation_gem, #dependencies, #not_affected, #safe_dependencies, #save_major, #save_minor

Attributes included from BasicCheck

#applies, #aux_links, #check_family, #cve, #cvss, #cwe, #debug, #evidences, #fixes_version, #kind, #message, #mitigated, #name, #osvdb, #owasp, #priority, #release_date, #remediation, #ruby_version, #ruby_vulnerable_versions, #severity, #status, #target_version, #title

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from DependencyCheck

#vuln?

Methods included from BasicCheck

#applies_to?, #cve_link, #cvss_score, families, #family, #family=, #lint, #mitigated?, #nvd_link, #osvdb_link, #rubysec_advisories_link

Methods included from Utils

#__debug_me_and_return, #debug_me, #debug_me_and_return_false, #debug_me_and_return_true

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ CVE_2012_3424

Returns a new instance of CVE_2012_3424.



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# File 'lib/dawn/kb/cve_2012_3424.rb', line 7

def initialize
      message = "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."

       super({
        :name=>"CVE-2012-3424",
        :cvss=>"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
        :release_date => Date.new(2012, 8, 8),
        :cwe=>"287",
        :owasp=>"A9", 
        :applies=>["rails"],
        :kind=>Dawn::KnowledgeBase::DEPENDENCY_CHECK,
        :message=>message,
        :mitigation=>"Please upgrade rails version at least to 3.0.16, 3.1.7 or 3.2.7. As a general rule, using the latest stable rails version is recommended.",
        :aux_links=>["https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/244d32f2fa25147d?hl=en&dmode=source&output=gplain"]
      })

      self.safe_dependencies = [{:name=>"rails", :version=>['3.0.16', '3.1.7', '3.2.7']}]


end