CVE-2012-2671

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2671
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-17 03:41:41 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Rack::Cache rubygem 0.3.0 through 1.1 caches Set-Cookie and other sensitive headers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive cookie information, hijack web sessions, or have other unspecified impact by accessing the cache.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 0.3.0 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 0.4 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 0.5 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 0.5.2 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 0.5.3 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 1.0 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 1.0.1 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 1.0.2 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 1.0.3 All All All
Application Rtomayko Rack-cach 1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: rack-cache caches sensitive headers (Set-Cookie) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: rubygem-rack-cache-1.2-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CHANGES at master from rtomayko's rack-cache - GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
824520 – (CVE-2012-2671) CVE-2012-2671 rubygem-rack-cache: caches sensitive headers (such as Set-Cookie) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Rack::Cache caches Set-Cookie response headers yielding potential security holes in apps by rmm5t · Pull Request #52 · rtomayko/rack-cache · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Bug 763650 – VUL-1: rack-cache: caches sensitive headers (Set-Cookie) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
Merge pull request #52 from rmm5t/strip_set_cookie · rtomayko/rack-cache@2e3a64d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - CVE request: rack-cache caches sensitive headers (Set-Cookie) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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