CVE-2015-3224

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

request.rb in Web Console before 2.1.3, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x, does not properly restrict the use of X-Forwarded-For headers in determining a client's IP address, which allows remote attackers to bypass the whitelisted_ips protection mechanism via a crafted request.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-3224

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-07-26T22:59:03

Last Modified Date
2016-12-03T03:08:59

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-284	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:web_console::::::::	1	OR		2.1.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJ	Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18
https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75237

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3224
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3224

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:01:53				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 05:45:03	2015-07-26T22:59Z	2015-07-26T22:59:03	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 05:45:03		2016-12-03T03:08:59	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 05:45:03		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated