Rack up to 1.5.1 Rack::Session::Cookie memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rack and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Rack::Session::Cookie. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-0263. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rack and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function Rack::Session::Cookie. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Rack::Session::Cookie in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2, 1.4.x before 1.4.5, 1.3.x before 1.3.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.8, and 1.1.x before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to guess the session cookie, gain privileges, and execute arbitrary code via a timing attack involving an HMAC comparison function that does not run in constant time.

The weakness was released 02/08/2013 by Ben Murphy (Website). The advisory is shared for download at twitter.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0263 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70534 (Debian DSA-2783-1 : librack-ruby - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166267 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Ruby On Rails 3.2 stack (SUSE-SU-2013:0707-2)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81978), Tenable (70534), SecurityFocus (BID 57860†), OSVDB (89939†) and Secunia (SA52033†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-7681, VDB-8032, VDB-10950 and VDB-59851. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 70534
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2783-1 : librack-ruby - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 892783
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2783-1 (librack-ruby - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Rack 1.1.0
Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: DSA-2783
Researcher: Ben Murphy
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-0263 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0263
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63536

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X-Force: 81978
SecurityFocus: 57860 - Rack Timing Attack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 52033
OSVDB: 89939
Vulnerability Center: 38555 - Rack \x27Rack::Session::Cookie\x27 Allows Remote Cookie Guessing, Privilege Escalation and Code Execution, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/29/2021 08:53
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (67), 04/25/2017 11:13 (7), 12/29/2021 08:47 (4), 12/29/2021 08:49 (1), 12/29/2021 08:53 (2)
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