CVE-2015-7576

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 16 Feb 2016, 02:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 07:51

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
17/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.12% LOW
1% probability -0.46%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Feb 2016, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 07:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•LOW•Score: 3.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.12%• Percentile: 79%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-254•7PK - Security Features

    Software security is not security software. Here we're concerned with topics like authentication, access control, confidentiality, cryptography, and privilege management.

Affected Systems

  • rubyonrails•rails

    4.0.0 | 4.0.0:beta | 4.0.0:rc1 | 4.0.0:rc2 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.1:rc1 | 4.0.1:rc2 | 4.0.1:rc3 | 4.0.1:rc4 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.4:rc1 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.6:rc1 | 4.0.6:rc2 | 4.0.6:rc3 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.9 | 4.0.10 | 4.0.10:rc1 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.0:beta1 | 4.1.0:beta2 | 4.1.0:rc1 | 4.1.0:rc2 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.2:rc1 | 4.1.2:rc2 | 4.1.2:rc3 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.6:rc1 | 4.1.6:rc2 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.7.1 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9 | 4.1.9:rc1 | 4.1.10 | 4.1.10:rc1 | 4.1.10:rc2 | 4.1.10:rc3 | 4.1.10:rc4 | 4.1.12 | 4.1.12:rc1 | 4.1.13 | 4.1.13:rc1 | 4.1.14 | 4.1.14:rc1 | 4.1.14:rc2 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.0:beta1 | 4.2.0:beta2 | 4.2.0:beta3 | 4.2.0:beta4 | 4.2.0:rc1 | 4.2.0:rc2 | 4.2.0:rc3 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.1:rc1 | 4.2.1:rc2 | 4.2.1:rc3 | 4.2.1:rc4 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.3:rc1 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.4:rc1 | 4.2.5 | 4.2.5:rc1 | 4.2.5:rc2 | 5.0.0:beta1

  • rubyonrails•ruby_on_rails

    ≤ 3.2.22 | 4.0.10:rc2 | 4.0.11 | 4.0.11.1 | 4.0.12 | 4.0.13 | 4.0.13:rc1 | 4.1.11

References (13)