CVE-2009-2422 — Vulnerability in rails — CVE Details

CRITICAL

rails vulnerable to improper authentication

Published October 24, 2017Updated February 16, 2024Source: osv

Summary

The example code for the digest authentication functionality (http_authentication.rb) in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.3 defines an authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest block that returns nil instead of false when the user does not exist, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication for applications that are derived from this example by sending an invalid username without a password.

Advisory Timeline

First published October 24, 2017 (3275 days ago).
Last revised February 16, 2024 — 2306 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler

Update rails to 2.3.3 or later

gem install rails -v 2.3.3

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
rails	rubygems	0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.11.0, 0.11.1 (+43 more)	2.3.3

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-287
Improper AuthenticationMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2009-2422?: rails vulnerable to improper authentication This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-rxq3-gm4p-5fj4

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