Ruby on Rails 2.3 Padding missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ruby on Rails 2.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to missing encryption (Padding). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3299. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ruby on Rails 2.3 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability (Padding). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The encrypt/decrypt functions in Ruby on Rails 2.3 are vulnerable to padding oracle attacks.

The weakness was disclosed 11/12/2019 as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3299 since 09/13/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232025 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2010-3299), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232025). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Padding
Class: Missing encryption / Padding
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 232025
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2010-3299

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/13/2010 🔍
11/12/2019 +3347 days 🔍
11/13/2019 +1 days 🔍
03/07/2025 +1941 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3299 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3299
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145322

Entryinfo

Created: 11/13/2019 11:02
Updated: 03/07/2025 11:26
Changes: 11/13/2019 11:02 (38), 11/13/2019 11:07 (18), 03/07/2025 11:26 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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