CVE-2015-7225

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7225
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-06 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-21 18:57:00 UTC
DescriptionTinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow section 5.2 of RFC 6238 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password (aka OTP), which allows remote or physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP through performing a man-in-the-middle attack between the provider and verifier, or shoulder surfing, and replaying the OTP in the current time-step.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-254

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tinfoilsecurity Devise-two-factor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: TOTP Replay Attack in Ruby library "devise-two-factor" MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, VDB Entry
Security Bug · Issue #45 · tinfoil/devise-two-factor · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
#798466 - ruby-devise-two-factor: CVE-2015-7225: TOTP Replay Attack - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Tinfoil Devise-two-factor CVE-2015-7225 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE Request: MITM & Shoulder-surfing vuln in Ruby OTP/HOTP/TOTP library "ROPT" MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, VDB Entry
devise-two-factor/UPGRADING.md at master · tinfoil/devise-two-factor · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
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