REST Client for Ruby up to 1.7.x Session Cookie session fixiation
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A vulnerability was found in REST Client for Ruby up to 1.7.x (Ruby Gem). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Session Handler. The manipulation as part of a Cookie leads to a session fixiation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-384. Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.8.0 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie information by leveraging passage of cookies set in a response to a redirect.
The bug was discovered 03/23/2015. The weakness was released 08/09/2017 by Andy Brody (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-1820 since 02/17/2015. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 157 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92050 (Fedora 23 : rubygem-rest-client (2015-8dce7405bf)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92050).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Session fixiationCWE: CWE-384
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Nessus ID: 92050
Nessus Name: Fedora 23 : rubygem-rest-client (2015-8dce7405bf)
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Upgrade: REST Client for Ruby 1.8.0
Timeline
02/17/2015 🔍03/23/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: FEDORA-2015-8dce7405bfResearcher: Andy Brody
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CVE: CVE-2015-1820 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 73295 - RubyGems rest-client CVE-2015-1820 Session Fixation Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 08/10/2017 08:28Updated: 12/15/2022 14:34
Changes: 08/10/2017 08:28 (73), 11/05/2019 17:02 (2), 12/15/2022 14:29 (4), 12/15/2022 14:34 (1)
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