CVE-2007-6077
EPSS 3.3%session fixation protection mechanism in cgi_process.rb in Rails
Published: 10/24/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The session fixation protection mechanism in cgi_process.rb in Rails 1.2.4, as used in Ruby on Rails, removes the :cookie_only attribute from the DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS constant, which effectively causes cookie_only to be applied only to the first instantiation of CgiRequest, which allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5380.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 1.2.6-1
- RubyGems/railsfrom 0, < 1.2.6
References (16)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p4c6-77gc-694x
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6077
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6077
- WEBhttp://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/8177
- WEBhttp://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/10048
- WEBhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- WEBhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- WEBhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27781
- WEBhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails/CVE-2007-6077.yml
- WEBhttps://rubyonrails.org/2007/11/24/ruby-on-rails-1-2-6-security-and-maintenance-release
- WEBhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/11/24/ruby-on-rails-1-2-6-security-and-maintenance-release
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26598
- WEBhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- WEBhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4009
- WEBhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238