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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-1000119): ruby-rack-protection vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-1000119): ruby-rack-protection vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/07/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Sinatra rack-protection versions 1.5.4 and 2.0.0.rc3 and earlier contains a timing attack vulnerability in the CSRF token checking that can result in signatures can be exposed. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to the ruby application. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.5.5 and 2.0.0.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby-rack-protection

References

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