CVE-2013-0263

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0263
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-08 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:40:00 UTC
DescriptionRack::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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.5 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.6 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.6 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.7 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.5 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.6 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.7 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.8 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.9 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.5.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.5.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.5 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.1.6 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.6 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.2.7 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.5 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.6 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.7 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.8 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.3.9 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.1 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.2 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.3 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.4.4 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.5.0 All All All
Application Rack Project Rack 1.5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Use secure_compare for hmac comparison · rack/rack@0cd7e9a · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Omelas County Chamber of Commerce na Twitterze: "Rack just released a fix for CVE-2013-0263, a timing attack vulnerability I reported to them TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO BACK WHEN IT WAS COOL." MISC twitter.com
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com
Add secure_compare to Rack::Utils · rack/rack@9a81b96 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Rack: a Ruby Webserver Interface CONFIRM rack.github.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2013-0263 | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com
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openSUSE-SU-2013:0462-1: moderate: RubyOnRails: security version update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2783-1 librack-ruby DEBIAN www.debian.org
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com
Security Advisory SA52033 - Rack Insecure File Access Security Issue - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA52774 - Red Hat update for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
89939 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com
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gist:f9f3781f7b54985bee94 · GitHub MISC gist.github.com
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com
Security Advisory SA52134 - Rack "Rack::Session::Cookie" Information Disclosure Security Issue - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
909071 – (CVE-2013-0263) CVE-2013-0263 rubygem-rack: Timing attack in cookie sessions MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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