CVE-2019-16782
Publication date 18 December 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
There's a possible information leak / session hijack vulnerability in Rack (RubyGem rack). This vulnerability is patched in versions 1.6.12 and 2.0.8. Attackers may be able to find and hijack sessions by using timing attacks targeting the session id. Session ids are usually stored and indexed in a database that uses some kind of scheme for speeding up lookups of that session id. By carefully measuring the amount of time it takes to look up a session, an attacker may be able to find a valid session id and hijack the session. The session id itself may be generated randomly, but the way the session is indexed by the backing store does not use a secure comparison.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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ruby-rack | 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
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24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm1
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 1.6.4-3ubuntu0.2+esm1
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm3
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Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 5.9 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-5253-1
- Rack vulnerabilities
- 13 December 2022
Other references
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/7fecaee81f59926b6e1913511c90650e76673b38
- https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-hrqr-hxpp-chr3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/18/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/18/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/19/3
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16782