CVE-2012-3424

N/A
Published: August 8, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorRailsRubyonrails

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Remediation

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CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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