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CVE-2016-6582 — Vulnerability in doorkeeper — CVE Details

CRITICAL

Doorkeeper is vulnerable to replay attacks

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

Summary

The Doorkeeper gem before 4.2.0 for Ruby might allow remote attackers to conduct replay attacks or revoke arbitrary tokens by leveraging failure to implement the OAuth 2.0 Token Revocation specification.

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 doorkeeper to 4.2.0 or later
gem install doorkeeper -v 4.2.0

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

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
doorkeeper
rubygems
0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0, 0.3.0 (+57 more)4.2.0

Vulnerability Classification

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

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.1 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-6582?
Doorkeeper is vulnerable to replay attacks This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.1/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2016-6582?
CVE-2016-6582 affects doorkeeper. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2016-6582 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.1

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-3m6r-39p3-jq25

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