Ruby on Rails Session Fixation Vulnerability

BID:26598

Info

Ruby on Rails Session Fixation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26598
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-6077
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 01 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 21 2009 08:43AM
Credit: sameer discovered this vulnerability. <br>
Vulnerable: Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.5
Gentoo Linux
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1
Not Vulnerable: Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.6

Discussion

Ruby on Rails Session Fixation Vulnerability

Ruby on Rails is prone to a session-fixation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to gain unauthorized access to the affected application.

This issue affects versions prior to Ruby on Rails 1.2.6.

Exploit / POC

Ruby on Rails Session Fixation Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Ruby on Rails Session Fixation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1

References

Ruby on Rails Session Fixation Vulnerability

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