There's a possible information leak / session hijack vulnerability in Rack (RubyGem rack). This vulnerability is patched in versions 1.6.12 and 2.0.8. Attackers may be able to find and hijack sessions by using timing attacks targeting the session id. Session ids are usually stored and indexed in a database that uses some kind of scheme for speeding up lookups of that session id. By carefully measuring the amount of time it takes to look up a session, an attacker may be able to find a valid session id and hijack the session. The session id itself may be generated randomly, but the way the session is indexed by the backing store does not use a secure comparison.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/7fecaee81f59926b6e1913511c90650e76673b38 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-hrqr-hxpp-chr3 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/18/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/18/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/19/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HZXMWILCICQLA2BYSP6I2CRMUG53YBLX/ | Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00016.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/08/1 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/09/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2019-12-18 12:15
Updated : 2021-11-02 11:04
NVD link : CVE-2019-16782
Mitre link : CVE-2019-16782
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-203
Observable Discrepancy
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Products Affected
rack_project
- rack
fedoraproject
- fedora
opensuse
- leap