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CVE-2012-3424: rubyonrails rails Improper Authentication

Modified
AliasesGHSA-92w9-2pqw-rhjj
Published 08-08-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3424 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in rubyonrails rails. EPSS estimates a 1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2013:0582

Timeline

  1. 08-08-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.89% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Rubyonrails2 products
  • rails3.0.0 | 3.0.0:beta | 3.0.0:beta2 | 3.0.0:beta3 | 3.0.0:beta4 | 3.0.0:rc | 3.0.0:rc2 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1:pre | 3.0.2 | 3.0.2:pre | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4:rc1 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.5:rc1 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.6:rc1 | 3.0.6:rc2 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.7:rc1 | 3.0.7:rc2 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.8:rc1 | 3.0.8:rc2 | 3.0.8:rc3 | 3.0.8:rc4 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.9:rc1 | 3.0.9:rc2 | 3.0.9:rc3 | 3.0.9:rc4 | 3.0.9:rc5 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.10:rc1 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.12:rc1 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.13:rc1 | 3.0.14 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.0:beta1 | 3.1.0:rc1 | 3.1.0:rc2 | 3.1.0:rc3 | 3.1.0:rc4 | 3.1.0:rc5 | 3.1.0:rc6 | 3.1.0:rc7 | 3.1.0:rc8 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.1:rc1 | 3.1.1:rc2 | 3.1.1:rc3 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.2:rc1 | 3.1.2:rc2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.4:rc1 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.5:rc1 | 3.1.6 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.0:rc1 | 3.2.0:rc2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.2:rc1 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.3:rc1 | 3.2.3:rc2 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.4:rc1 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6
  • ruby_on_rails3.0.4
RubyGems1 product
  • actionpack≥ 3.0.0.beta, < 3.0.16 | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.7 | ≥ 3.2.0, < 3.2.7 | < 2.3.5

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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