CVE-2012-3424

Name	CVE-2012-3424
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	683370

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
rails (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2:4.1.8-1+deb8u9	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u5	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u5	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm	2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-4	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
rails	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
ruby-actionpack-3.2	source	(unstable)	3.2.6-3			683370

- rails <not-affected> (Only affects RoR 3.x)