CVE-2015-7576 (GCVE-0-2015-7576)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-16 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:51
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81803 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=r… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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