CVE-2008-7248

Description

Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.

Affected packages (2)

• Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2.2.3-1
• RubyGems/actionpack>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3

References (21)

• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7248
• ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7248
• PATCHhttps://github.com/rails/rails
• WEBhttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
• WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
• WEBhttp://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup
• WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-7248
• WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544329
• WEBhttps://github.com/rails/rails/commit/099a98e9b7108dae3e0f78b207e0a7dc5913bd1a
• WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2008-7248.yml
• WEBhttps://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
• WEBhttps://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
• WEBhttps://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup
• WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20090906010200/https://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544
• WEBhttps://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
• WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
• WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2
• WEBhttps://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html
• WEBhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
• WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
• WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2