| Name | CVE-2015-7576 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-604-1, DSA-3464-1 |
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.
Notes
[wheezy] - rails <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, is only a transitional package)
[squeeze] - rails <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
[wheezy] - ruby-activesupport-3.2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/a6fa3960c3a149e83eb2ff057be4472a82958e3d