{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2012-3424", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[rubyonrails-security] 20120726 Ruby on Rails DoS Vulnerability in authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest (CVE-2012-3424)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/244d32f2fa25147d?hl=en&dmode=source&output=gplain" }, { "name": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails-3-2-7-has-been-released/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails-3-2-7-has-been-released/" }, { "name": "openSUSE-SU-2012:1066", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html" }, { "name": "RHSA-2013:0154", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html" } ] } }