cvelist/2012/3xxx/CVE-2012-3424.json

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                "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."
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            {
                "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"
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                "name": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/7/26/ann-rails-3-2-7-has-been-released/",
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                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2012:1066",
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                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html"
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                "name": "RHSA-2013:0154",
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