Info

Disclosure

Oct 12, 2007

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to hijack the session of another via session fixation.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Hijacking
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to rails 1.2.6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ruby on Rails

1.2.5

References

CVE ID: 2007-6077 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26598
Secunia Advisory ID: 27657 27781 28136
FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2007-3508 ADV-2007-4009
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315
http://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/8177
http://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/8177
http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10048
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
Other Advisory URL: http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10048
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307224
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/11/24/ruby-on-rails-1-2-6-security-and-mainten ......
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070091110411ppc.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070091110411universal.html ......
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2007009111051.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218