Moderate severity vulnerability that affects actionpack
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 17, 2018
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 9, 2023
Withdrawn
This advisory was withdrawn on Jun 17, 2020
Package
Affected versions
>= 4.2.0, <= 4.2.5.0
<= 3.2.22.0
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.14.0
Patched versions
4.2.5.1
3.2.22.1
4.1.14.1
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 17, 2018
Reviewed
Jun 17, 2020
Withdrawn
Jun 17, 2020
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
Withdrawn, accidental duplicate publish.
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.
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